Heartland Film Festival: No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie

No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie
NARRATIVE FEATURE / 79 MINUTES / USA / 2013
Director: Troy Kotsur / Writer: Taly Ravid / Producers: Douglas Matejka, Hilari Scarl
Executive Producers: Liz Tannebaum, Paul Maucere, John Maucere / Cast: John Maucere,
Michelle Nunes, Zane Hencker, Marlee Matlin

Tony Kane plays a superhero on TV, but in real life he’s just another guy who happens to
be deaf, with hopes and dreams that always seem to elude him. Eight-year-old Jacob Lang,
also deaf, is having a hard time in school, where he is torn between what his father thinks
is “normal” and an education using sign language promoted by his mother. When Tony and
Jacob’s paths cross, they inspire belief in each other and in themselves.