Disability Movies

  • 2009
    (Sex)abled: Disability Uncensored

    (Sex)abled: Disability Uncensored

    (Sex)abled: Disability Uncensored

    62009HD

    This 14 minute short documentary features a panel hosted by the Disabled Student Union at University of California Berkeley called "Are Cripples...

    (Sex)abled: Disability Uncensored
  • 2023
    Charlie's Freedom

    Charlie's Freedom

    Charlie's Freedom

    02023HD

    Charlie is a sensitive teenager who doesn't fit in. She cares for her disabled mom but gets bullied at school. When she turns down her place at...

    Charlie's Freedom
  • 2020
    Champions

    Champions

    Champions

    02020HD

    Champions is a documentary in which filmmaker Helgi Piccinin follows the quests of his autistic brother Stéphane and his atypical friend...

    Champions
  • 2017
    A Woman Like Me

    A Woman Like Me

    A Woman Like Me

    92017HD

    A deafblind Danish woman travels to Nepal to meet a woman with the same condition in the hopes of communicating and engaging in a cultural exchange....

    A Woman Like Me
  • 2021
    The Secret Life of Tom Lightfoot

    The Secret Life of Tom Lightfoot

    The Secret Life of Tom Lightfoot

    02021HD

    Tom is anxious, he holds a secret in his human heart, a wing beat and a flutter and its bursting to take flight.

    The Secret Life of Tom Lightfoot
  • 2016
    Counterpoint

    Counterpoint

    Counterpoint

    102016HD

    “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...

    Counterpoint
  • 2022
    Please Make Me Look Pretty

    Please Make Me Look Pretty

    Please Make Me Look Pretty

    6.52022HD

    One hot summer, Eun-hye, a jobless who’s just knitting at home, becomes popular at ‘Munho River Market’ as an artist who draws...

    Please Make Me Look Pretty
  • 2021
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    02021HD

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

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  • 1974
    Guttersnipes

    Guttersnipes

    Guttersnipes

    5.71974HD

    Poor painter helps a paralysed child.

    Guttersnipes
  • 2018
    Partners

    Partners

    Partners

    102018HD

    18 partners discuss the choices they’ve made in deciding on their mates. At its heart, this unscripted documentary film is about acceptance; a...

    Partners
  • 1977
    I'll Find a Way

    I'll Find a Way

    I'll Find a Way

    71977HD

    I'll Find a Way is a 1977 short documentary directed by Beverly Shaffer. It is about nine-year-old Nadia DeFranco who has spina bifida. The film won...

    I'll Find a Way
  • 2010
    Music by Prudence

    Music by Prudence

    Music by Prudence

    6.2862010HD

    Music by Prudence tells a self-empowering story of one young woman's struggle who, together with her band, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds...

    Music by Prudence
  • 1993
    Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess

    6.51993HD

    The story of a disabled beggar in Charleston,S.C. who falls in love with a prostitute, this is the first filmed version of Gershwin's opera which...

    Porgy and Bess
  • 2016
    The Ability Exchange

    The Ability Exchange

    The Ability Exchange

    02016HD

    A documentary about an innovative Disability Studies class at NYU Tandon School of Engineering where engineering students and adults with cerebral...

    The Ability Exchange
  • 2024
    Concerto For Other Hands

    Concerto For Other Hands

    Concerto For Other Hands

    102024HD

    David dreams of being a pianist like his father, José Luis, who believes it impossible due to his son's physical characteristics: short arms,...

    Concerto For Other Hands
  • 2021
    Touch the Sky

    Touch the Sky

    Touch the Sky

    02021HD

    In a small town in Mexico, Miguel, a 26-year-old disabled man, lives isolated from the world because of his mother's overprotection. When Miguel...

    Touch the Sky
  • 1928
    Fátima Milagrosa

    Fátima Milagrosa

    Fátima Milagrosa

    01928HD

    Aninhas (Aida Lupo), a paralyzed girl, asks for a miracle from the saint of her devotion, Our Lady of Lourdes, at the chapel of Penha...

    Fátima Milagrosa
  • 2019
    What Can You Do About It?

    What Can You Do About It?

    What Can You Do About It?

    72019HD

    When filmmaker Yoshifumi Tsubota learns about his slightly autistic uncle who lives alone, he decides to visit him. Drawn to his uncle’s unique...

    What Can You Do About It?
  • 2024
    Better Off Dead?

    Better Off Dead?

    Better Off Dead?

    02024HD

    A documentary on assisted suicide, authored by actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr.

    Better Off Dead?
  • 1922
    Dawn of Revenge

    Dawn of Revenge

    Dawn of Revenge

    01922HD

    A disabled man plots revenge on a woman who married someone else.

    Dawn of Revenge