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Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia

8.5198446mMovieDramaTV Movie

13-year-old Brian has problems reading, which his teachers attribute to laziness. It is later discovered that he has Dyslexia.

DirectorAlexander Grasshoff
WritersArthur Heinemann·Franklin Thompson
ProducersJohn D. Backe·Philip D. Fehrle

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Cast · Directed by Alexander Grasshoff

MSMadge Sinclair
Madge Sinclair
Miss Tomas
RPRiver Phoenix
River Phoenix
Brian Ellsworth
JPJoaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix
Robby Ellsworth
JF
Judy Farrell
Barbara Ellsworth
SE
Stephanie Evans
Kim
BK
Bo Kaprall
Walter Ellsworth

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