SEVENTEEN: Our Chapter

　　During eight tumultuous days in 1988 at the world’s only Deaf university, four students must find a way to lead an angry mob — and change the course of history.
　　With two Deaf candidates up for the role of president, Gallaudet University students saw the possibility of finally being led by someone like them. But when the board of trustees — composed overwhelmingly of hearing individuals — selected the lone hearing candidate, the groundswell of student activism that followed forced a reckoning of more than a century of paternalism. Told primarily through American Sign Language, Deaf President Now! creates an immediacy through immersive archival footage and experiential use of silence and sound. Gallaudet alumnus, model, actor, and Deaf activist Nyle DiMarco (America’s Next Top Model) makes his directorial debut alongside veteran filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, 2023 Sundance Film Festival) with this rousing documentary that demonstrates the power of collective action to demand meaningful change, foster self-determination, and realize dreams long deferred.

　　迈克尔（斯蒂芬·罗伯特森 Steven Robertson 饰）在很小的时候就因为患上了小儿麻痹症而全身瘫痪，生活不能自己的他居住在专门收容残障人士的康复中心里，虽然生活起居都有人照顾，但没有人能够理解迈克尔抽象的语言，迈克尔一直生活在孤独之中。
　　一天，一位名叫罗伊（詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊 James McAvoy 饰）的病友走进了迈克尔的生活，罗伊同样也是全身瘫痪，仅有右手可以活动。然而，和其他的病人不同，罗伊思维敏捷，开朗乐观，更神奇的是，他似乎可以理解迈克尔想要表达的语言。罗伊的出现给迈克尔灰暗的生活带来了一丝色彩，让他重新对人生产生了希望。

　　澳洲知名喜剧人汉纳·加斯比在悉尼歌剧院的告别演出……

　　自三岁开始便在孤儿院生活的里奇（安东尼奥•班德拉斯），20几年来因为一直被困在精神病院和疗养院中，对外面的世界一无所知，十分单纯、直接、鲁莽。
　　被精神病院的医生批准可以重返社会，过另一种生活后，里奇顿感生命火焰重新燃起，并在走出精神病院的大门后立即向自己一直钟爱的色情片女星玛丽亚（维托利亚•阿布里尔）示爱，他的示爱方式是将对方绑架起来，让对方在这段被囚禁的日子对他发生真正的感情，并要像“他爱她一样爱他”。