故事发生在2003年,米亚(米娅·汉森 Mia Hansen 饰)和艾利克斯桑德拉(亚历山德拉·豪格 Alexandra Hauglum 饰)这对孪生姐妹尚在襁褓之中,便遭到了残酷的遗弃。无处可去的两人被送往了孤儿院,在那里,她们渐渐长大,等待着不知道在哪里的好心人,能 够将她们领走,给她们一个温暖的家。
之后,米亚和艾利克斯桑德拉分别被两个不同的家庭收养,从此天各一方,她们一个在挪威,一个在加利福尼亚,在并不知道彼此存在的情况下,两人走上的各自的人生道路。随着时间的推移,在米亚和艾利克斯桑德拉之间,出现了科学无法解释的感应现象,以此为线索,米亚的养父母带着米亚踏上了寻亲之旅。
During eight tumultuous days in 1988 at the world’s only Deaf university, four students must find a way to lead an angry mob — and change the course of history.
With two Deaf candidates up for the role of president, Gallaudet University students saw the possibility of finally being led by someone like them. But when the board of trustees — composed overwhelmingly of hearing individuals — selected the lone hearing candidate, the groundswell of student activism that followed forced a reckoning of more than a century of paternalism. Told primarily through American Sign Language, Deaf President Now! creates an immediacy through immersive archival footage and experiential use of silence and sound. Gallaudet alumnus, model, actor, and Deaf activist Nyle DiMarco (America’s Next Top Model) makes his directorial debut alongside veteran filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, 2023 Sundance Film Festival) with this rousing documentary that demonstrates the power of collective action to demand meaningful change, foster self-determination, and realize dreams long deferred.