中国青年程桓（理查德·巴塞尔梅斯 Richard Barthelmess 饰）远赴伦敦，希望能够在异国他乡传授佛教教义。哪知道理想丰满现实残酷，抑郁不得志的程桓不仅荒废了事业，还沾染上了鸦片，整日生活在颓废沮丧之中。 一次偶然中，程桓邂逅了名为露丝（丽莲·吉许 Lill ian Gish 饰）的美丽女孩。露丝有着极为凄惨的身世，她的父亲巴汀（唐纳德·克里斯普 Donald Crisp 饰）是一名个性凶残的酒鬼，常在喝得酩酊大醉之后对露丝大打出手。同样悲惨的遭遇让两颗孤独的心越靠越近，终于，不堪忍受父亲折磨的露丝离家出走，程桓收留了她。好景不长，巴汀很快就找到了露丝的踪迹，将她强行带回了家，等待着露丝的，将是又一轮如同狂风暴雨一般的折磨。
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.
