Anya's Bell
Directed by	Tom McLoughlin
Written by	David Alexander
Starring	Della Reese
Music by	Lee Holdridge
Cinematography	Gordon Lonsdale
Editing by	Charles Bornstein
Distributed by	CBS
Release date(s)	October 31, 1999
Running time	97 min
Country	United States
Language	English

Anya's Bell is a 1999 television movie aired on CBS on 31 October 1999 starring Della Reese as Anya Herpick.

In 1949, Anya is a blind woman who was always taken care of by her mother. Anya copes with her loneliness by collecting bells, a situation which becomes worse when her mother dies. Now middle aged and alone, Anya becomes friendly with a 12 year old delivery boy, Scott Rhymes (Mason Gamble). Scott is considered "slow," though later it is revealed that he is dyslexic (which was not commonly known at that time). [1] Anya teaches him to read braille which Scott rapidly learns and the two become close friends.

[edit] Awards

• 2000 Young Artist Award: Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot - Leading Young Actor; Best Family TV Movie or Pilot - Network

Nominated

• 2000 Humanitas Prize

[edit] External links

• Anya's Bell at the Internet Movie Database
• Anya's Bell at Allmovie
• Variety review

v • d • e Cinematic depictions of dyslexia 1981: The Princess and the Cabbie (Valerie Bertinelli) · 1984: Backwards: The Riddle Of Dyslexia (River Phoenix) · 1985: Love, Mary (Kristy McNichol) · 1992: The Secret (Kirk Douglas) · 1999: Anya's Bell (Mason Gamble) · 2001: Pearl Harbor (Ben Affleck) · 2004: Mean Creek (Josh Peck) · 2004: Wilby Wonderful (Callum Keith Rennie) · 2004: La Cérémonie (Sandrine Bonnaire) · 2005: In Her Shoes (Cameron Diaz) · 2006: A Mind of Her Own  · 2007: Bad  · 2007: Taare Zameen Par (Like Stars on Earth) (Darsheel Safary) 2009: Dislecksia: The Movie

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