Marlee Matlin

What the #$*! Do We Know is part documentary, part story, and part elaborate and inspiring visual effects and animations. The protagonist, Amanda (Matlin), finds herself in a fantastic Alice in Wonderland experience when her daily, uninspired life literally begins to unravel, revealing the uncertain world of the quantum field hidden behind what we consider to be our normal, waking reality. (Lord of the Wind Films, LLC)

James is a new speech teacher at a school for the deaf. He falls for Sarah, a pupil who decided to stay on at the school rather than venture into the big bad world. She shuns him at first, refusing to read his lips and only using signs. Will her feelings change over time? (imdb)

William Walker and his mercenary corps enter Nicaragua in the middle of the 19th century in order to install a new government by a coup d'etat. All is being financed by an American multimillionaire who has his own interest in this country. (imdb)

A lawyer has to defend his lover who's blamed for a murder he has commited himself... (imdb)

In this bittersweet comedy drama, a man nearing the end of his life seeks closure with his family and friends, and he confronts the issues of the right to die. Nick Stark is a successful architect who is openly gay. He was involved in a committed relationship with Brandon Theis, a television director, until Nick discovered that he's HIV-positive. (allmovie.com)

In San Luis de la Paz, a small and and very poor town in northern Mexico, the priest Father Victorio manages an orphanage with nearly 50 children. He does wrestling, disguised with a golden mask, to get some money for the children. His dream of reconstruct the town begins to see a light when he is invited to become a professional wrestler...

Framed for murdering her fiancé, Jack Reynolds (Gary Busey), famous author Susan Price (Rachel Hunter) assumes a new identity to catch the true killer. Susan's alias as a relay operator for the hearing impaired allows her to track the murder investigation by listening to the conversations of District Attorney Beth McDaniels (Marlee Matlin). But Susan also becomes privy to some disturbing discussions that further complicate her life.

Family drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their deaf son a cochlear implant. (imdb)

Three escaped convicts from prison take a group of deaf students hostage and hold them captive to keep the authorities at bay. (imdb)

Two disgruntled restaurant employees (David Bowie, Rosanna Arquette) decide to rob their employers (Buck Henry, Andre Gregory). (imdb)

Jillian Shanahan, a deaf woman, becomes the target of a ruthless and corrupt cop. The cop is looking for a stolen coin, which he plans to keep for himself. A journalist briefly acquires the coin and hides it in Jillian's appartment, then his car explodes, now the cop is after her. (imdb)

A disturbed and delusional high school student with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother. (imdb)

Set on a game reserve in Africa. Askari is an angry old elephant, the only survivor of the "A' family group which has been anhilitated in a government cull and he has turned rogue. Involved in the culling are Patrick Khumalo, a corrupt government official and Ribshaw, an unscrupulous white poacher accompanied by Ndhlovu, an old African tracker who is being blackmailed by Ribshaw. (BFI))

A drama about a Cambridge poetry professor who begins to re-evaluate his life of Byronic excess. (imdb)

Follows a group of close knit lesbians living in LA.

Courtroom drama where an ambitious but inexperienced young lawyer defends a deaf political campaign manager accused of murder. But is her client too blinded by love to reveal all?

A detective investigating the murders of two sex offenders gets involved with a beautiful district attorney who becomes a main suspect. (imdb)

When Jake and Allison Turner find the home of their dreams, it's almost too good to be true: as a foreclosed property, the house is well within their budget. But Forest Hayes, the home's current occupant, refuses to leave. (pensiveenthusiast.wordpress.com)

An investigation into the way media portrayals impact the actual inclusion of people with disabilities in society.

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

A drama about the working relationship between Assistant DA Tess Kaufman, a prosecutor sensitive to the rights of the accused, and hard-charging, gruff Detective Dicky Cobb, an old-fashioned cop with a "bust-the-perps" attitude. (imdb)

In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life in her primary language of American Sign Language, Marlee explores the complexities of what it means to be a trailblazer.