Biography of helen keller teacher movie

US television film directed by Nadia Tass

The Miracle Worker is a American made-for-television biographical film based on the play of the same title by William Gibson. Written by Monte Merrick, the film is based on the life of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan’s struggles to teach her.^[1] Starring Hallie Kate Eisenberg as Keller and Alison Elliott as Sullivan, the film premiered on ABC as part of The Wonderful World of Disney on November 12, ^[1][2]

Gibson's original source material was The Story of My Life, the autobiography of Helen Keller.

The play was adapted for the screen twice before, in and ^[3]

Plot

The film focuses on Anne Sullivan's struggle to draw the young Helen Keller, a blind and prelingually deaf girl, out of her world of darkness and silence during the s. Helen has been unable to communicate with her family except through physical temper tantrums since an illness took her eyesight and The Miracle Worker (1962 film) - Wikipedia WYK