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‘Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore’ Review: The Trailblazing Deaf Oscar Winner Opens Up in a Winning Documentary
Marlee Matlin, the Oscar-winning star of 'CODA' and 'Children of a Lesser God,' signs her story in this tender documentary, premiering at Sundance.
In shifting between captioning and interpretation, between American Sign Language and spoken word, Matlin and her director make clear the fluid ways that deaf people move through a world. When Matlin is seen returning to her childhood home in Illinois, her visit with her two brothers underscores how easy it might have been for them and their parents (who are now deceased) to forget to actively draw Marlee into family time. Her nimbleness as an actress is even more apparent in a clip from the show “The Practice,” where her character has a vigorous disagreement with her attorney, played by Camryn Manheim, that moves between signing, speech and furious silence.
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