‘The Miracle Worker’: A Teacher Transforms Helen Keller

This installment of ‘Movies for Teens and Young Adults’ frames learning as understanding.
‘The Miracle Worker’: A Teacher Transforms Helen Keller
Helen Keller (Patty Duke, L) and Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft), in “The Miracle Worker.” MovieStillsDB
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Director Arthur Penn’s film about a once-blind governess, Annie Sullivan (Anne Bancroft), transforming a troublesome deaf-blind child, Helen Keller (Patty Duke), into a curious, intelligent learner has been retold so regularly on- and off-screen that it doesn’t bear repeating. Suffice it to say that it’s an outstanding movie.

Check IMDb for plot summary, cast, reviews, and ratings; a review is also at The Epoch Times.
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