Children of a Lesser God
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An energetic new teacher, James Leeds (William Hurt), arrives at a school for the deaf and hard of hearing in New England. Involved in his students' interests, he soon sees a troubled young deaf woman working as a janitor yelling at a cook in sign language. The woman, Sarah Norman (Marlee Matlin) is a social outcast at the school. Most of the staff have given up on her, but James begins to try to talk with her, at first with little results.
An energetic new teacher, James Leeds (William Hurt), arrives at a school for the deaf and hard of hearing in New England. Involved in his students' interests, he soon sees a troubled young deaf woman working as a janitor yelling at a cook in sign language. The woman, Sarah Norman (Marlee Matlin) is a social outcast at the school. Most of the staff have given up on her, but James begins to try to talk with her, at first with little results.