Helen Keller in Her Story
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| Helen Keller in Her Story | |
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| Directed by | Nancy Hamilton |
| Produced by | Nancy Hamilton James L. Shute |
| Written by | Nancy Hamilton James L. Shute |
| Narrated by | Katharine Cornell |
| Starring | Helen Keller |
| Editing by | James L. Shute |
| Release date(s) | June 15, 1954 |
| Running time | 55 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Helen Keller in Her Story (also known as The Unconquered) is an American biographical documentary about Helen Keller made in 1954.
It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 1955. [1] It starred Helen Keller and used extensive footage of her visits/remembrances of Dwight Eisenhower, Martha Graham and others. The film was narrated by her friend, actress Katharine Cornell, and was shot mostly in Pittsburgh.
[edit] Plot
Helen Keller is a blind and a deaf girl. Her parents hired a tutor named Anne Sullivan. Anne Sullivan once became a blind girl. The first word that she spelled using sign language is W-A-T-E-R. Some of the schools where she studied is Radcliffe University. When she died they built the Helen Keller International.
[edit] References
- ^ Nash, Margo. "NY Times: Helen Keller in Her Story". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/77377/The-Unconquered/overview. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
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