Disability Movies

  • 1970
    Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2009

    Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2009

    Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2009

    01970HD

    Mary Lou Breslin, co-founder of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2009 Community Leadership...

    Mary Lou Breslin: San Francisco Foundation Community Leadership Awards 2009
  • 1970
    Zimbabwe Wheel

    Zimbabwe Wheel

    Zimbabwe Wheel

    01970HD

    “Factory-made wheelchairs are huge, heavy and ugly.” To counter this reality, wheelchair riders Ralph Hotchkiss and Omar Talavera began...

    Zimbabwe Wheel
  • 1970
    Gaza Footbullet

    Gaza Footbullet

    Gaza Footbullet

    01970HD

    As part of the organization of sporting, cultural and solidarity meetings between a team of amputee footballers from Gaza and the French amputee...

    Gaza Footbullet
  • 1970
    Travail à mort

    Travail à mort

    Travail à mort

    01970HD

    Travail à mort
  • 1970
    Backward, Forward, and All Around

    Backward, Forward, and All Around

    Backward, Forward, and All Around

    01970HD

    A dedicated mother fights against the stubborn administrative system to get her son the services he needs.

    Backward, Forward, and All Around
  • 1931
    In den Spuren Vater Bodelschwinghs

    In den Spuren Vater Bodelschwinghs

    In den Spuren Vater Bodelschwinghs

    01931HD

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

    In den Spuren Vater Bodelschwinghs
  • 1970
    The Beast with a Thousand Faces

    The Beast with a Thousand Faces

    The Beast with a Thousand Faces

    01970HD

    Edgar, a thirty-something documentary filmmaker diagnosed with OCD, films his routine as he recounts his past and present dealing with this disorder....

    The Beast with a Thousand Faces
  • 1970
    Limbo

    Limbo

    Limbo

    01970HD

    On the verge of losing the last thread of sight he has left, Adam tries to process his loss.

    Limbo
  • 1925
    Sprechende Hände. Das Taubstummblinden-Heim in Nowawes bei Potsdam

    Sprechende Hände. Das Taubstummblinden-Heim in Nowawes bei Potsdam

    Sprechende Hände. Das Taubstummblinden-Heim in Nowawes bei Potsdam

    01925HD

    Documentary about a christian home for deaf-blind people.

    Sprechende Hände. Das Taubstummblinden-Heim in Nowawes bei Potsdam
  • 1970
    Fraser Syndrome & Me

    Fraser Syndrome & Me

    Fraser Syndrome & Me

    01970HD

    Filmmaker Kyle Anne Grendys, is only the 75th person to be born with the rare, recessive gene disorder called Fraser Syndrome. Having always felt...

    Fraser Syndrome & Me
  • 1970
    Under the water

    Under the water

    Under the water

    01970HD

    A daily life in Korogocho, Kenya, one of the world’s poorest slums.

    Under the water
  • 2019
    Pennhurst

    Pennhurst

    Pennhurst

    02019HD

    Segregation, abandonment, and the meaning of home are discussed by the people that lived in, worked at, and crusaded for one of the largest and...

    Pennhurst
  • 1970
    The Art of Being LC

    The Art of Being LC

    The Art of Being LC

    01970HD

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

    The Art of Being LC
  • 1910
    The Romance of a Trained Nurse

    The Romance of a Trained Nurse

    The Romance of a Trained Nurse

    01910HD

    A nurse falls for her patient, a young man recently injured in a car accident.

    The Romance of a Trained Nurse
  • 1981
    Canada Vignettes: Bridging the Gap

    Canada Vignettes: Bridging the Gap

    Canada Vignettes: Bridging the Gap

    01981HD

    An animated allegory demonstrating the need to integrate the disabled into general society.

    Canada Vignettes: Bridging the Gap
  • 1983
    The Skin Horse

    The Skin Horse

    The Skin Horse

    01983HD

    An award-winning, ground-breaking TV documentary dealing sensitively with the topic of sex and intimacy within the disabled community.

    The Skin Horse