Portland Film Festival 2020

Being There: A Voices of Ability Short Films Block

Expired November 21, 2020 7:45 AM
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Feeling Through - Audience Award, Best Narrative Short: PDXFF 2020

Feeling Through' is the first film to feature a DeafBlind actor in a lead role. It’s a coming of age story that follows Tereek, a teen wandering the streets of New York, desperate for a place to crash when he encounters Artie, a DeafBlind man in need of help getting home. What begins as an awkward meeting between strangers, quickly becomes an intimate bond between friends, and a journey that forever changes Tereek.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    18 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA
  • Rating
    PG
  • Note
    Audience Award Best Narrative Short: PDXFF 2020, Feeling Through is the first film ever to star a DeafBlind actor. Director Doug Roland made it in partnership with the Helen Keller National Center
  • Director
    Doug Roland
  • Screenwriter
    Doug Roland
  • Producer
    Doug Roland, Phil Newsom, Luis Augusto Figueroa
  • Executive Producer
    Doug Roland
  • Co-Producer
    Sue Ruzenski
  • Filmmaker
    Doug Roland
  • Cast
    Steven Prescod, Robert Tarango
  • Cinematographer
    YuGin Koh
  • Editor
    Doug Roland
  • Composer
    Daniel Ryan
  • Sound Design
    Dino Herrmann, Alon Wolman