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Dislecksia: The Movie is a documentary film. It was released in 2012 by Captured Time Productions, LLC, a production company based in Litchfield, Connecticut. Dislecksia is the company's seventh film. It is directed by Emmy Award-winning director Harvey Hubbell V, who is a dyslexic himself.




Synopsis


Dislecksia traces the many trials Hubbell faced growing up as a dyslexic in the 1960s and '70s, with discussions on his school performance and how he was handled by teachers. It also examines the root causes of dyslexia and seeks to explain how a dyslexic brain differs from a normal brain. It discusses the prominence of reading difficulties throughout the nation and features a discussion of how educators can hope to improve the current situation.
The film features interviews with many prominent dyslexics, scientists and advocates, and examines the current scientific information coming out of Yale's Haskins Laboratories and Georgetown University's Center for the Study of Learning. It also explores schools that have been created specifically for children with dyslexia and other learning differences or disabilities, such as Litchfield's Forman School and New Jersey's Newgrange School. Hubbell has stated that he hopes the film will change laws and lives by improving common knowledge about dyslexia and changing its status in the United States.




Reception


Director/Producer Harvey Hubbell V and Editor/Producer Eric Gardner were invited to attend the 2008 Sundance Independent Producers Conference, where they met with numerous producers and distributors to discuss the future of the film.
In the New York Times, Daniel Gold said: "The film’s primary mission is to destigmatize dyslexia, and it achieves that admirably, presenting technical material with a light touch and compassion." Odie Henderson on RogerEbert.com wrote: "Hubbell's documentary is ultimately far more successful as an educational tool than a feature film, but that's not a bad thing. It's refreshing to leave a movie theater smarter than when you entered it."




Notable interview subjects


Billy Blanks- Seven time World Karate Champion and creator of Tae Bo
David Boies- Dyslexic and Chairman of Boies, Schiller and Flexner, LLP
Stephen J. Cannell- Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, director, and actor
Barbara Corcoran- Founder, The Corcoran Group
Guinevere Eden- Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Director of the Center for the Study of Learning, Georgetown University
Diana Hanbury King- Founder of the Kildonan School
Rob Langston- Author, motivational speaker
Congressman Kendrick B. Meek- former Representative, 17th Congressional District of Florida
Ken Pugh, PhD- Senior Scientist at Haskins Lab; Research Scientist, Dept. of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine
Sylvia O. Richardson, MD- Former President of the International Dyslexia Association; Former President of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and Distinguished Professor of Communications, University of South Florida
Mark Seidenberg PhD- Director of the Language and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Gordon Sherman, PhD- Executive Director, New Grange School and Educational Outreach Center
Thomas G. West- Dyslexic, author of In The Mind's Eye and Director of the Center for the Study of Dyslexia & Talent, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study




See also


List of artistic depictions of dyslexia




References






External links


Official website
Trailers and teasers for Dislecksia
Dislecksia: The Movie at IMDb
Med India's article on Dislecksia
Dislecksia at NeuroDiversity International

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Dislecksia: The Movie
• Stephen J. Cannell
• Dynaread Special Education Corporation
• Dyslexia in popular culture
• The Kildonan School
• Ken Pugh