Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia

Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia

46 mins | Drama | March 7, 1984

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

Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia

46 mins | Drama | March 7, 1984

Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
13-year-old Brian has problems reading, which his teachers attribute to laziness. It is later discovered that he has Dyslexia.
IMDb rating 8.3
Producers
Original title Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
Directors Alexander Grasshoff
Writers Guy Fraumeni, Franklin Thompson, Arthur Heinemann

Cast

Madge Sinclair

as Miss Tomas

River Phoenix

as Brian Ellsworth

Joaquin Phoenix

as Robby Ellsworth

Judy Farrell

as Barbara Ellsworth

Bo Kaprall

as Walter Ellsworth