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Genre: Disability In Focus


Protesters stand in a crosswalk with their arms raised to stop traffic on a city street, as a woman in a wheelchair leads them in their protest.
Disability in FocusSpotlight

Being Heumann

Siân Heder

In 1977, disability rights activist Judy Heumann leads a historic 28-day occupation, uniting protesters in a fight for accessibility laws and equal rights.

U.S.
English
Biopic, Disability In Focus, Political, Social Commentary
A woman and man lie on a patterned rug in close up. They both have curly brown hair. They both wear lots of jewelry and light makeup. The woman wears a brown jacket and has a lipstick stain on her hand, the man's white shirt falls off his shoulder. They stare into each others eyes enamored.
DeparturesDisability in Focus

Stand Up

Mari Sanders

A young woman whose life is upended by a crash that requires her to use a wheelchair meets an aspiring standup comic whose subversive spirit helps her heal.

The Netherlands, Greece
Dutch, English
Coming of Age, Disability In Focus, Drama, Romance
A woman in close up with long dark hair and bangs, she stands before a blue and gray dappled background, a contemplative expresson in soft lighting.
City & StateDisability in FocusDocumentary

While We Are Here

Reveca Torres

Beautifully expanding notions of disability, filmmaker Reveca Torres engages with iconic disabled artists Frida Kahlo, Vincent Van Gogh, and Henri Matisse.

U.S., France
English, Spanish, French
Art, Disability In Focus, Social Commentary, Women-Centered

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