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  • COURTESY OF GRASSHOPPER FILM RED FLAIR Gianvito's documentary explores a different side of Helen Keller.

    The documentary ‘Her Socialist Smile’ explores a different side of Helen Keller

    Originally published: Seven Days on August 11, 2021 by Margot Harrison (more by Seven Days)  | (Posted Aug 20, 2021)

    Helen Keller (1880-1968) was one of the most inspirational figures of the 20th century. But most people know the writer and activist for her determination to overcome the barriers facing people with physical disabilities in her lifetime, not for her equally fierce determination to replace American capitalism with a system in which the workers control the means of production.