Namuhla siqala uchungechunge olusha lapho sizohlaziya khona izihloko ezahlukahlukene zamafilimu ezisondele emhlabeni wezemfundo kusuka kwesikrini esikhulu. Kulo mjikelezo, sizokhuluma ngezihloko zakamuva ezinjenge 'UProfessor (Detachment)', kepha futhi sizongena ezihlokweni zakudala ngokwengeziwe, futhi ngokunembile namhlanje sizoqala ukukhuluma ngakho 'Isimangaliso sika-Anna Sullivan', ifilimu ngokungangabazeki elizokujabulisa kakhulu. Ifilimu lika-1962 liyifanele, kokubili ngemininingwane yayo yezobuchwepheshe kanye nomyalezo eliwunikezayo.
Ifilimu edabuka eMelika ibiqondiswa ngu-Arthur Penn futhi wafaka umbhalo kaWilliam Gibson, owenziwe ngobuciko ngu-Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Inga Swenson, Andrew Prine, Kathleen Comegys noVictor Jory.
Amazwibela asitshela ngawo uthisha onengane ebuhlungu ehlukumeza ezama ukufundisa intombazane eyisithulu, engaboni neyisimungulu. Isakhiwo esimnyama sokuba necala, ngokufa komfowabo, sishukumisela umfundisi ukuba azikhulule ngemfundo yentombazane. Uma efika endlini lapho kuhlala khona le ntokazi, uhlangana nomndeni oseke intombazane ngendlela ethanda ngayo, ngenxa yokwehluleka kwabazali ukukwazi ukuyifundisa. UHellen uthathwa njengeshwa lemvelo elingenakho ukuxolelwa futhi okungenakwenzeka ngalo ukusungula ukuxhumana. Ngumama kuphela ogcina ithemba elincane. Osemusha, yena, uhlala ezweni okungelakhe ngokuphelele. Akazi ukuthi angaligqabula kanjani leli bubble kuze kufike u-Ana Sullivan, ozobhekela imfundo yakhe ngesineke nangokuqina okukhulu. Kepha ukuze uHellen akwazi ukuxhumana kuzodinga isimangaliso.