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Based on an inspirational true story and spanning five decades in the life of Richard Pimentel, Music Within is the story of a crusader for human rights and his struggle to define himself, and by extension, humanity. During combat in Vietnam, Richard loses his hearing in a bomb blast and is returned to civilian life where he struggles to cope on a daily basis with his newfound disability. Disarmed by the lack of support for the disabled and Vietnam veterans, Richards path to self-discovery takes him through the social upheaval of the Sixties and Seventies, where determination and a deep love for his friend and confident Art, a young genius suffering cerebral palsy, force him into politics. His personal triumphs through the Eighties culminate in the Nineties, when the Americans with Disabilities Act, a piece of legislation that he helped pass, becomes the law of the land.
