So I fucking bawled my eyes out!!!! Gonna get a lil sentimental here but idgaf it's my mommyyyyy!!!!!!!!

Ive never seen footage from her childhood so seeing that was extremely comforting for some reason. I don't have the best memory of her parents (my grandparents) and there was footage of him speaking of her future kids so that hit a lil hard. Seeing and hearing what she went through FROM HER and not words on a book hit differently too,…

A moving and deeply personal retrospective, Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore offers a compelling look at the weight of history resting on one person’s shoulders. At just 21, Marlee Matlin became the youngest Best Actress winner in Oscar history and the first deaf performer to take home the award. But rather than simply celebrating that milestone, the documentary examines the complicated reality of being thrust into the role of de facto spokesperson for the Deaf community—before she fully understood what that responsibility…

MARLEE MATLIN: NOT ALONE ANYMORE shines a well-deserved and unflinching spotlight on a woman who has long been in the public eye, but now, she’s not as alone as she once was. Marlee Matlin speaks candidly about the complexities and weight of being a prominent voice for the deaf community from a young age with her early fame, and the horrific abuse she endured at the hands of William Hurt and others. Notably, the film forgoes deaf interpreters during the…