Look Again. Jan 19 – 29, 2012 Park City, Utah

The D Word: Understanding Dyslexia skillfully explores the complex and often challenging world faced by those who have this disability. The film focuses on high-school senior Dylan as he shares his early struggles in school and prepares to begin studies at the college of his choice. Interviews with other young dyslexics, as well as highly accomplished businesspeople diagnosed with the learning disability, including Richard Branson, Charles Schwab, and California’s Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, are seamlessly incorporated into the story. Two prominent doctors, Bennett and Sally Shaywitz at the Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity, help demystify and mitigate the stigma surrounding this syndrome.

Focusing on the positive aspects of dyslexia and incorporating creative animation sequences, James Redford’s film emphasizes specific areas where dyslexics excel and suggests thoughtful strategies for their academic success in our often-rigid educational system.

- L.V.

Ms. Diana Iles Parker
diana@spokenmedia.com
415 225 6144
75 Throckmorton
Mill Valley, CAUSA
The D Word: Understanding Dyslexia

James Redford writes, produces, and directs for film and television. He is currently producing The River Red—Stories from the Colorado River, which will premiere at the Environmental Film Festival in Washington, D.C., and recently produced the acclaimed HBO documentary Mann V. Ford. In 2008 Redford wrote and directed Quality Time, an award‐winning short comedy starring Jason Patric. He also wrote the original screenplays for Cowboy Up, starring Kiefer Sutherland and Darryl Hannah, as well as adapting Tony Hillerman's Skinwalkers, a PBS Mystery! series that was the highest rated of 2002.