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Helen Keller
Jun 27, 1880
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Jun 1, 1968
AMERICAN MASTERS FILM
Becoming Helen Keller
(Oct 2021)
Directed by Michael Pressman
Written Features
Rethinking disability representation on-screen
Pop culture and the enduring legacy of Helen Keller
Helen Keller and Me – Why it was “her doomed love life that really made me identify”
Two poems influenced by Helen Keller’s legacy
Helen Keller biography and timeline
Becoming Helen Keller – Full Episode with Additional Accessibility Features (Extended Audio Description, Open Captions, ASL, Descriptive Transcript)
What Helen Keller’s little known journalism taught me
Video Features
00:13:16
Becoming Helen Keller
Clip | Elsa Sjunneson: DeafBlind author—Extended Audio Description
00:07:46
Becoming Helen Keller
Clip | Elsa Sjunneson: DeafBlind author [Audio Description + ASL]
00:07:48
Becoming Helen Keller
Clip | Elsa Sjunneson: DeafBlind fencer, hiker, published author
00:03:33
Becoming Helen Keller
Clip | Rapper Warren "Wawa" Snipe on hip-hop in the Deaf community
00:01:41
Becoming Helen Keller
Clip | Helen Keller studied socialism [Audio Description]
00:01:41
Becoming Helen Keller
Clip | Helen Keller studied socialism
00:00:59
Becoming Helen Keller
Clip | Helen Keller the suffragist [Audio Description]
00:00:59
Becoming Helen Keller
Clip | Helen Keller the suffragist
00:02:31
Becoming Helen Keller
Clip | Keller's use of oral communication [Audio Description]
00:02:31
Becoming Helen Keller
Clip | Keller's use of oral communication
01:22:50
Becoming Helen Keller
Preview & Full Episode
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