Sounds for Mazin
Directed by Ingrid Kamerling
19 Min | | Netherlands | 2012 | Documental
deaf,kid,operation,discovery | Corto
Kids/family, Technology
The Sudanese/Dutch Mazin (12) is deaf from the day he was born. But now he faces an
operation that is supposed to make him hear.Excited about all the new things he might
discover, Mazin is looking forward to it. How will a dog sound? And fishes, do they make
any noise? But he keeps on having second thoughts. For one of his closest classmates
a similar operation turned out to be a disaster. And even if he succeeds, the world as he
knows it might never be the same again, he feares. Will he get used to this whole new
universe, or will it make him go crazy?
Disabilities featured:
Hearing Loss and Deafness