Disability Representation
Films/TV shows based around the narrative and representation of those with disabilities. Showing and comparing the medias representation of disabilities.
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- DirectorThea SharrockStarsEmilia ClarkeSam ClaflinJanet McTeerA girl in a small town forms an unlikely bond with a recently-paralyzed man she's taking care of.
- DirectorTravis FineStarsAlan CummingGarret DillahuntIsaac LeyvaIn the 1970s, a gay couple fights a biased legal system to keep custody of the abandoned mentally handicapped teenager that comes to live under their roof.
- DirectorYasmin MistryStarsCamilla TecsyLesley FreyFarhan AliDespite battling Cystic Fibrosis, Camilla, age 16, identifies as a typical middle-class American teenager until the thread that holds her family together suddenly snaps.
- DirectorMelissa DowlerStarsMartyDarlene SullivanJames JanuzziThe moving story of a woman with an untreatable heart condition whose life is transformed by a service dog, and what happens when she has to let go of the loyal companion who changed her life.
- DirectorAdrian EspositoStarsEdward BarbanellStephen BlumJamie BrewerDiffability Hollywood is a documentary about the history of people with disabilities in entertainment, how things have changed and still can improve.
- DirectorLen CollinStarsTara BreathnachStephen MarcusChristopher DunneLarry and Sophie, two people with intellectual disabilities, long to be together in a world that does everything to keep them apart.
- DirectorPriscilla AnanyStarsRukiyat MasudAdjetey AnangBexA woman has a disabled child and goes through several challenges to get healing for child having being abandoned by the father.
- DirectorLinda BrownStarsLinda BrownStanley BrownSusan BrownFilmmaker Linda Brown's father embodied 1960s masculinity. But when a devastating stroke leaves him vulnerable and dependent, Linda decides to confront the silence surrounding his troubled and violent past. Drawing on home movies, family photos and interviews, she reveals secrets, uncovers lies, and discovers a redeeming treasure in a lost family video. The result is an engrossing journey about the danger of carrying unresolved grief to our graves. You See Me is a brave, inspiring and empowering film that documents the essence of the human condition and seeks to face the past with courage in order to change the future.
- DirectorJenni GoldStarsBen AffleckKyle MacLachlanBryan CranstonAn investigation into the way media portrayals impact the actual inclusion of people with disabilities in society.