The Miracle Worker 1979 Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a half blind Yankee schoolgirl named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter Through persistence and love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helens walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate