Disability Movies

Three Georgians with cerebral palsy fight to live life on their own terms. But as their families bind together, state policy tries to tear them apart.

The film director Niko von Glasow undertakes a journey to athletes, who compete at the Paralympic Games in London 2012. He himself is a short-armed...

Bernardo, a gay and disabled young man, decides to celebrate his birthday at a party full of love. But the arrival of Pedro, a childhood friend and...

Amalia, a 19-year-old girl with Down Syndrome, aims to find independence and success in Team GB, and hopes that this community will provide her with...

A film on SFSU Master’s student Bob Lenz, who would go on to serve as director of Disabled Student Services at Merced College, and his...

Filmed and edited entirely in isolation, Living in Fear is an educational and inspiring documentary directed by myself, Stephanie Castelete-Tyrrell,...

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

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...

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

Until the age of nine, Matan never knew his older sister had a rare syndrome. When she chooses to undergo plastic surgery to change her...

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

Madeline Stuart is a fashion celebrity who has walked the runway at the New York Fashion Week, has 700 000+ followers on Facebook and is covered by...

Dia used to be a dancer, a musician, a talented woman with friends and a lover. The inability to use her legs has now confined her to a wheelchair.

Sunny Duane, a chorus girl, goes out to dinner with Cornelius Fellowes, a wealthy man who is murdered the same night. Anxious to avoid suspicion, she...

“Counterpoint” is a story about a former violin player who, due to an accident, is now in a wheelchair and unable to play. In order to...

Deaf artist Seo Hye Lee gives new subtitles to a selection of archive films about pottery, ones which playfully examine the disparity between how...