Disability in Movies
A list of movies that feature actors with disabilities, or have a disability theme.
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- DirectorLaura ValtortaStarsMichael GarlandAlisa LockeRigo NovaAttorney Sylvia Castro attempts to obtain Social Security disability benefits for three clients who are not always cooperative. She takes up boxing for courage in dealing with a particularly difficult judge.
- DirectorSteven SawalichStarsRon LivingstonMelissa GeorgeMichael SheenRichard Pimentel began his life as a fighter, and his life's work became fighting for the rights of others. After losing his hearing in Nam, he overcame his handicap and used his public speaking skills to inspire injured war veterans.
- DirectorGearóid DolanStarsJessica MurrayJennifer BartlettRuth BernsteinNew York City disability rights activists fight for a fully accessible transit system, facing off against the State-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority run by Governor Cuomo.
- DirectorNicholas ConnorStarsLeanne BestCrissy RockKate RutterA single mother (Leanne Best) suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter (Katherine Quinn) and 7-year-old son (Max Vento) to care for her.
- DirectorTusi TamaseseStarsFa'afiaula SanoteTausili PushparajSalamasina MataiaSaili, a little person and taro farmer, has his life turned upside-down when he is denied his father's chiefly status and his family plantation is threatened.
- DirectorMartin SmithStarsJimmy McIntoshA unique point-of-view insight into a day in the life of Jimmy McIntosh, a wheelchair user living with cerebral palsy who on a daily basis fights for the rights of others.
- DirectorGiovanni CodaMarco OppoStarsMark CirilloMaximiliano UlivieriCaleb J. SpivakMark and Andrew are two disabled men. When they meet, an incredible attraction between them emerges but it can only flourish as a "mental construct". What they have is a virtual kind of love, a fantasy, but also the awareness that nothing will ever be the same again.
- DirectorWilliam DavenportThis film explores the controversy surrounding autism advocacy from the perspectives of members of the autism communities.
- DirectorEric NeudelStarsMarca BristoWilliam BronstonDale Bumpers
- DirectorBil RogersTraces the history of the Laconia State School from its initial beginnings as the New Hampshire School for the Feebleminded in the early 1900's until its closure in 1991.
- DirectorAlexander FreemanStarsChris CooperCJ JonesSharon Pierre-LouisFive individuals with disabilities unlock their potential towards employment, live independently and show the value they can bring to society.
- DirectorTim HartinStarsAlison Davis WoodThe Game Changer tells the story of how Dr. Tim Nugent changed the world for people with disabilities. Nugent fought against prejudice to establish the first college program for people with disabilities at the University of Illinois. Nugent, who is known as the "Father of Accessibility," was also a pioneer in the wheelchair sports movement.
- DirectorKate ScholefieldStarsCerrie BurnellCerrie Burnell presents a history of disabled people's struggle for human rights in Britain. She also shares inspiring stories of pioneering campaigners for social change, and looks at the challenges still to be faced in the future.
- DirectorJordan Melograna"How would you like to work for two weeks, and come out with a $6 check?" That's the reality for almost 250,000 Americans with disabilities who are paid below the minimum wage. This film exposes this exploitative system and offers solutions to end segregation and discrimination against workers with disabilities. A version with audio description is also available.
- DirectorAnelisa GarfunkelStarsJay ClarkFrank GarfunkelAura SanchezFor forty years, Frank Garfunkel, taught, fought, and advocated for people with disabilities. He was a leader in the disability rights movement and de-institutionalization. And then, suddenly a catastrophic accident left him the victim, the patient, and ironically, the disabled. One Hundred Steps tells the story of his hospitalization, as he finds himself battling his way through pain, despair, and hospital policy.
- DirectorJohn BirdFollowing a charity called Disability Africa, this documentary follows the lives of disabled children in The Gambia and how they are viewed within society.
- DirectorJennifer Lyons-Reid
- DirectorJody SantosDisability Rights International is the first human rights organization to bring international attention to the millions of children and adults with disabilities locked away in orphanages, psychiatric wards, and other facilities around the world. The organization has conducted investigations in more than three-dozen countries. Their reports have brought world media attention to the rights of people with disabilities. DRI staff have found children tied to their beds and denied medical care and babies rocking back and forth and gouging their eyes due to mind-numbing boredom and neglect. Filmmakers travel with DRI to the Republic of Georgia, where the organization is following up on a report it released in 2013 after a three-year investigation in that country.
- DirectorSkye KellyStarsJaclyn BogartCollins ReiterCorey JenkinsLike most people Lettie took her lifestyle for granted, until her destiny was forever changed. Not yet ready to embrace her situation she feels helpless and doesn't want to let go of the past. At the fields' parking lot to watch her brother play baseball, the last handicapped parking space taken by someone late to her dance class, who has yet to learn that lesson. This sparks a snap decision that unfolds a chain of events that empowers Lettie and unites two people who have been touched by disability.
- StarsStephen WileyA trusted source of information for individuals, their families, and loved ones with disabilities.
- DirectorVictor BuhlerAbout how we can create better jobs for people with disabilities during challenging economic times.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellDeborah PrattDuring an experiment into time travel, a scientist finds himself trapped in the past, "leaping" into the lives of different people, sorting out their problems and changing history in hopes of getting back to his own life in the present.
- CreatorDaniel FoggoCimran ShahStarsFred EmeryDavid DimblebyRichard LindleyLong-running factual programme reporting on all aspects of life in Britain.