As the hearing child of two deaf parents, director Irene Taylor Brodsky brings a unique perspective to this moving feature-length documentary, which received an Audience Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.  Hear and Now chronicles the experiences of Paul and Sally Taylor, two retirees who, after sixty-five years of silence, acquire surgical cochlear implants.  But even if they notice sounds, will they ever truly be able to hear? And what will happen to their relationship if one of them responds to the implant and the other doesn’t? Brodsky’s unflinching gaze not only captures her parents’ struggle to adjust to new technology, but also provides a glimpse of the perplexed and sympathetic reactions grown children often have to the unconventional life choices of their retired parents.