American Masters: Becoming Helen Keller

Much has been recounted and dramatized of how Helen Keller overcame the blindness and deafness that struck her in infancy to achieve a childhood education. The accomplishments from the balance of her long life advocating for women, workers, and the poor as well as the disabled, and consideration of her personal history and some of its controversies, receive their just due in this compelling "American Masters" presentation. 90 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.