Movies: Disability

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Mary Lou Breslin, co-founder of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership awards (the Robert C. Kirkwood Award) - for making a mark in defining disability rights as a civil righ...

“Factory-made wheelchairs are huge, heavy and ugly.” To counter this reality, wheelchair riders Ralph Hotchkiss and Omar Talavera began making beautiful, all-terrain wheelchairs. Their work draws on the resourcefulness of disabled people in the Third...

Edgar, a thirty-something documentary filmmaker diagnosed with OCD, films his routine as he recounts his past and present dealing with this disorder. He has always been supported by the people in his close circle. However, he has never met someone wi...

"Daisy's Final Goodbye" is an evocative animated tale based on a true story. It chronicles the heart-wrenching journey of Steven, a PTSD-afflicted veteran, as he grapples with the profound loss of his devoted service dog, Daisy. The weight of this fa...

Lee is a young man determined to win the heart of Claire, a young woman determined to make life difficult for him. Dancing playfully on her crutches, Claire frustrates Lee’s romantic advances, transporting him away to daunting environments where he’l...

While indoors alone, a disabled woman reflects on a recurring social phenomenon she encounters when outside. The implications regarding self identity, her otherness and the right to opacity are questioned whilst she moves through poses from Artemisia...

Filmmaker Kyle Anne Grendys, is only the 75th person to be born with the rare, recessive gene disorder called Fraser Syndrome. Having always felt alone in the world, she sets out on a journey to find her community and finally meets others just like...

“Where’s Molly?” Since he was 6 years old, Jeff Daly kept asking that question. When his sister Molly was not yet 3 years old, she was taken from their “perfect” home, never to return. “When I found my sister 47 years after she was sent away, we ree...

This flipbook-style animation demonstrates the emotions of people who hear voices...

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The true story of Bill Sackter's emergence from lifelong institutionalization, to become an international hero for people with disabilities....

A large group of boys play hockey. One of the boys has only one leg, but with the help of a crutch, skates about and puts up a very successful game....

Nao, who was born with a disability, was once told, "She won't live long." However, Nao has now turned 50 years old. Raised by her family and her community, and in turn, raising her family and community over the years... This is a human documentary...

Jamila reads aloud a stack of printed emails written to individuals and organisations delaying, postponing, or cancelling work due to illness from her sickbed....

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Documentary film about the diaconal work and the care of people with disabilities in the Bethel institutions....

Werner, Paul and Willi have to raise 10,000 DM within two weeks. Since one is disabled and unemployed, the other works at MacDonalds and the third, a mongoloid, works in the workshop for the disabled, the purchase of a tobacco kiosk threatens to rema...

This documentary is about Lois Curtis, the liberator who was freed to create....