In the new documentary “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,” there’s a one-of-a-kind scene where the titular actor, who is Deaf, stands in the kitchen with her family. Matlin’s brother tells her there ...

When Marlee Matlin won the 1987 Academy Award for Best Actress for playing the role of Sarah Norman in Children of a Lesser God, she became the first deaf person to win an Oscar. She would remain the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Everyone thinks, ‘Oh, this is a celebrity doc, very traditional.’ But then slowly the film does shift,” Stern says via her ...

When American Masters approached Marlee Matlin about doing a documentary, Matlin had one name in mind to direct: Shoshanna Stern. Like Matlin, Stern is deaf. She also hadn’t directed before. But ...

When Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin was approached about participating in a documentary about her life, she agreed, but with one vital stipulation: “I’ll only do it if it’s a Deaf director.” She ...