Missing Key to Helen Keller's Triumph Over Disabilities Will Be Demonstrated by Documentary

Missing Key to Helen Keller's Triumph Over Disabilities Will Be Demonstrated by Documentary

PHILADELPHIA, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- A documentary - Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy - currently in production will show the paramount role played by Emanuel Swedenborg's spiritual theology in inspiring Keller's triumph over her triple disabilities of blindness, deafness, and severe speech impediment.

The Swedenborg Foundation commissioned Emmy- and Maggie-award winner Penny Price, whose 25 years as a producer, director and writer include national television programs, to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Helen Keller's birth (June 27, 1880). Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy will be available on DVD and VHS on December 1, 2005.

Swedenborg Foundation Executive Director/Publisher Deborah Forman commented on the fact that "most of us know Helen Keller only through a brief exposure to her in school or through the film or stage play The Miracle Worker, but she was named by Time Magazine as one of the one-hundred most influential people of the twentieth century, and her staggering intellectual accomplishments (summa cum laude at Radcliff College and ability to read six languages), her rich spiritual depth, and her incalculable humanitarian legacy make her well worth a deeper acquaintance."

Helen encountered Swedenborg's works during her early teens, and they supplied answers to the profound questions about her own life, God, and religion. They continued to inspire her drive to make the most of her life in service of others, breaking down millennia of cruelty and dehumanization of the disabled.

For further information on obtaining Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy in DVD or VHS contact customer service, 800-355-3222, ext. 10.

Shining Soul: Helen Keller's Spiritual Life and Legacy Produced and directed by Penny Price 60 minutes $24.95. VHS & DVD On-sale 12/01/05

Source: Swedenborg Foundation

CONTACT: Deborah Forman of The Swedenborg Foundation, +1-800-355-3222, ext. 12, Director@swedenborg.com

Web site: http://www.swedenborg.com/

NOTE TO EDITORS: Forman is available for interview. DVD will be available for review or use as b-roll.

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