Children of a Lesser God (1986)
Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair. deaf-mute, deaf, man woman relationship, listening, teacher, teacher student relationship, woman director, sign languages, teachers and students, schoolroom, deaf girl, deafness