Words: Four Stories About Becoming Literate Movie Review 1991

Introduces four Canadian adults, and their roads to literacy. Discussion of illiteracy addresses causes such as a missed year of school, misdiagnosis of physical impediments to reading, and assignment to "special classes" that do not teach reading skills.

Distribution

Filmakers Library, Inc., 124 E. 40th St., New York, NY 10016, Phone: (212)808-4980, Toll-free: 800-555-9815, Fax: (212)808-4983, Email: info@filmakers.com, URL: http://www.filmakers.com

Available on VHS
Running time 30 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Learning Disabilities, Education, Language Arts