MICA Runway 2008

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American

Director: Chase Matthews
Producer: Jenine Mayring
Genre: Documentary Short
Duration:48 min.
Year: 2007
Screening Times: 3:20 PM

English subtitled

In the United States, more than 20 million people are either deaf or hard-of-hearing. Justin Garretts parents discovered that their son was profoundly deaf at age two. With that diagnosis, their idealistic dreams for him shattered. Not long after that, so did their family. As a young adult, Justin's audiologists recommended a cochlear implant. If the surgery went well, it would enable him to hear. An unsuccessful surgery, however, would mean a lifetime of irreversible deafness. In a miraculous turn of events, Justin was then approved for a bilateral (double) cochlear implant the first time in history a man from Oklahoma would undergo such a procedure. On March 13, 2006, this state-of-the-art surgery changed his life forever. Join him on this incredible journey as Justin seeks a new life in the hearing world. Witness the miracle.

ABOUT THE PRODUCER

Born and raised in the Big Apple, award-winning multi-hyphenate Jenine Mayring began her career as a stage actor. Today, she is President and Founder of Brooklyn Girl Productions, a knockout production company
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Most notably, Jenine has won a gold Davey Award and a Telly Award. Her producer/director credits range from theater in New York to films and commercials in Los Angeles. She is developing the feature film AVENUE X, an urban drama based on the award-winning short that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Jenine recently completed SIMONE, a psychological thriller which she wrote/directed/produced starring up-and-coming singer TL Forsberg, Adam Hann-Byrd (LITTLE MAN TATE, THE ICE STORM) and Tyrone Giordano (THE FAMILY STONE).

Jenine produced the award-winning documentary FROM SILENCE TO SOUND (Best Documentary USA, 2007 Everglades International Film Festival), the miraculous story of the first man to receive a bilateral (double) cochlear implant in Oklahoma.

A former American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter and instructor, Jenines credits as an ASL consultant include the hit TV shows ER and nip/tuck, as well as various films.

Jenine, a four-time marathoner, lives in Tinseltown.

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