Disability Movies

Inclinations began as a moment of “crip” play. The ramp becomes a source of creative movement. Dancers can move in ways that they cannot...

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

The independent documentary is about people with disabilities who struggle with a lack of work and purpose and who are trying out something new....

Short documentary on the Cambodian Handicraft Association which trains and supports women who have been affected by polio, landmine injuries,...

Yu Xiuhua was raised to hope for little from her life in the rural Chinese province of Hubei. At 19, Xiuhua’s mother encouraged her to marry a...

Do You Dream in Color? in this documentary follows four courageous blind high school students. This coming-of-age story see's the students as they...

A film in which limbless Nikolai Kobelkoff demonstrates a series of tasks, from aiming a pistol to performing gymnastics. Kobelkoff was born without...

Documentary film about a theater project at a school for mentally disabled children. For four months, the film crew observed the rehearsals of the...

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.

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

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

How do you find your place in an ableist world as a person with a disability? Disabled Hugo Schmidt talks to the almost 90 year old Franz-Josef...

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

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,...