Sound and Fury

Sound and Fury is a documentary about two families with deaf children. Both families are considering a cochlear implant for their deaf child to help them hear; one family is deaf, while the other one is hearing. (but the parents of both families are related, so the hearing one knows sign language)

In the end of the film, the deaf family decides to not get the implant for their child because they want their kid to experience all that deaf culture has to offer, and instead enrolls her in a deaf school. Meanwhile, the hearing family gets an implant for their child.

Both families present decent arguments for their side. The deaf family believes that their child should have a chance to explore deaf culture, and perhaps when they're older they should have a chance to choose whether they want an implant or not. Since they're both decently successful people, they don't believe their daughter would be unable to succeed in life with deafness. They see deafness as an identity, not a handicap.

Meanwhile, the hearing family really wants their child to be able to have every opportunity to succeed. By implanting the child at a very young age (their child was 11 months old) the child has a headstart in picking up on language.

While I'm not part of the deaf discourse, it seems to me like the deaf family resents the hearing world, and wants to seclude themselves. While they are able to make enough money to live a decently happy life, even the father admits at one point that he thinks his deafness prevents him from being able to really ascend up the corporate ladder. They are pressured from hearing family members to give their child an implant, and being able to return to their secluded world makes them calm and serene.

Meanwhile, the hearing family wants their child to be able to choose whatever they want in life, and not be limited in their interaction with the vast majority of people.