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Disability can't derail exceptional gifts in Hearing is Believing, Lorenzo DeStefano's doc about blind multi-instrumentalist Rachel Flowers. A straightforward and sometimes dry but very boosterish account, the doc is best suited for special screenings in communities geared toward helping the blind. It will generate warm feelings there, although — since Flowers' innate gifts are not the sort one can acquire through simple determination or persistence — it likely has less value as an inspirational film than other docs of its sort.

Flowers was born 15 weeks premature to musician parents (and grandparents); a complication of that premature birth robbed her...

The winning filmmaker will become a candidate for August Project of the Month. That winner will be in the running for Project of the Year.

The four projects up for this week’s Project of the Week are listed below, with descriptions courtesy of the filmmakers. You can vote at the bottom of the page.

Charlie vs. Goliath: A feature-length documentary about a penniless 75-year-old former Catholic priest who runs an inspiring campaign to win a Us Senate seat in Wyoming.

Hearing is Believing: In a world filled with noise, there is another sound worth hearing, and her name is Rachel Flowers.

Spring Street: Set in the grit of New York City, a private piano teacher’s small life explodes with the arrival of his pregnant, heroin addicted sister and a mysterious piano novice named Ricardo.

A Crimson Man: Set in a war-torn land of man vs. machine, Wei, a...

Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress — at the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.

Hearing is Believing

Logline: In a world filled with noise, there is another sound worth hearing, and her name is Rachel Flowers.

Elevator Pitch:

“Hearing Is Believing” is the new feature documentary from award-winning producer/director Lorenzo DeStefano (“Talmage Farlow,” “Los Zafiros-Music From The Edge Of Time”). It introduces the world to the astonishingly talented young musician and composer, Rachel Flowers.

DeStefano and his team have created a dynamic and engaging portrait of a year and a half in the life of a tight knit American family, a single mom and her two kids, living paycheck to paycheck, with Rachel’s stunning music as the soundtrack.