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You can watch The Miracle Worker (1962) for free on Kanopy, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.

The true story of the frightening, lonely world of silence and darkness of 7-year-old Helen Keller who, since infancy, has never seen the sky, heard her mother's voice or expressed her innermost feelings. Then Annie Sullivan, a 20-year-old teacher from Boston, arrives. Having just recently regained her own sight, the no-nonsense Annie reaches out to Helen through the power of touch, the only tool they have in common, and leads her bold pupil on a miraculous journey from fear and isolation to happiness and light.

A fierce teacher battles a child locked in a world of total sensory isolation to bridge the gap between silence and language. This visceral struggle for human connection turns a breakthrough moment into something profoundly physical and raw.

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