8 Stories About My Hearing Loss
(8 Cuentos sobre mi hipoacusia)
Charo Mato | Documentary
2021 | 86 minutes | Argentina, Uruguay
Charo lost her hearing as an adult. In this insightfull documentary, she asks herself: How does someone listen when they can't hear?
Synopsis
Diagnosed with bilateral sensorineural progressive hearing loss in the first grade, Charo Mato became fully deaf by the age of 23, and received cochlear implants against her parents’ wishes. Structured with eight distinct stories and questions, Mato’s autobiographical documentary flits between childhood stories and digressive memories, the scientific and medical explanations of hearing loss and implants, and poetic ruminations on the nature of life and language. Mato uses the film to process her own experience. A beautiful, highly personal film processing and celebrating the experiences of those with hearing loss.
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Main credits
Mato, Charo (film director)
Mato, Charo (screenwriter)
Mato, Charo (film producer)
Mato, Charo (on-screen participant)
Olascuaga, Eugenia (film producer)
Baracco, Valentina (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography, Tomás Ridilenir; editing, Camila Muhafra; music, Maximiliano Silveira.
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Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Biography
Body Image
Culture + Identity
Disabilities
Family
Health + Aging
Human Rights
Sociology
South America
Women
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Clips
Festivals
IDA Documentary Awards - Best Writing Nominee; International Labour Film Festival (Construir Cine) - Best Feature; Puerto Madryn International Film Festival (MAFICI) - Special Mention "Women in focus"; Tandil Cine Film Festival - Best Film, Best Director, Best Editing; Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF); Santiago de Chile International Film Festival (SANFIC); Buenos Aires International Documentary Film Festival (FIDBA); Philadelphia Latino Film Festival (PHLAFF); Santa Catarina Diversity Week; La Semana del Documental- DocMontevideo; FIC Monterrey; Bolivia Lab; Espoo Ciné International Film Festival; Seattle Latino Film Festival (SLFF); San Francisco Latino Film Festival (SFLFF); Cuenca International Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Charo Mato
NATIONALITY: Argentina, Uruguay
YEAR: 2021
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: AVAILABLE
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