Disability Movies

Merlin, a 15-year-old student, has lost all feeling in his legs after an accident. He wonders blindly through life, never happy, never content. It's...

A knitted figure sits in a wheelchair, unable to resist as birds and squirrels peck at it.

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

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

Kat, a wheelchair user, navigates a city where access is improvised and progress remains uneven. Para-Paraan (Finding a Way Through) turns silence...

Metzer 58 play Punk. They were founded in a meet-up at Lebenshilfe Münster, an NGO that provides housing and other services to people with...

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 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.

This documentary chronicles the inspirational story of a man who would not accept "no" for an answer. Born with cerebral palsy, Cordell Brown faced...

While indoors alone, a disabled woman reflects on a recurring social phenomenon she encounters when outside. The implications regarding self...

This Is Not About Me tells the story of Jordyn Zimmerman. Jordyn dreamt of becoming a teacher. She started out eager to learn at school, but she was...

How do you explain what you don’t know? That is the question I try to answer in the film: Wired Wrong. Here, I narrate the feeling of being...

A 10-hour, 'slow TV' film, documenting 10 days spent travelling the length of England on public buses, exploring the issues faced with service...

“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...

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

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

The life story of Daniel Balimá, a horticulturist with a disability in Burkina Faso.