Dummy (1979)

Directors

Frank Perry

Cast

Brian Dennehy, Gregg Henry, Holly Robinson Peete, Ian Patrick Williams, LeVar Burton, Paul Sorvino

The story

In 1965, Donald Lang is 19-year old African–American man of Chicago, Illinois who was born deaf. He has a loving mother who struggles to give him as normal an upbringing as possible and a brother and sister, Julius and Genettia, who are supportive as well. Due to not being formally taught how to communicate via sign language, Donald communicates with people by demonstrations.

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