India, Jan. 31 -- Marlee Matlin was thrust into limelight after she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Children of a Lesser God. It was a historic win, as she was the first deaf actor to ever win. The year was 1987. The actor's moment on stage appears multiple times in the insightful new documentary Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival this year. Directed by Shoshannah Stern, who is also hearing impaired, this a thoughtful, good-natured and detailed insight into the life of a woman who has survived the world of Hollywood, and fought for rights of the deaf community for her entire life. (Also read: Omaha review: A tremendous John Magaro drives this wrenching family drama)

The docu...