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Here are stories from the perspectives of people living with all types of disabilities, as well as explorations of access, performance and beauty, technologies and the ethics of enhancements, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Featured Films

Love After War: Saving Love, Saving Lives

Injured veterans and their romantic partners winning the battle for love.

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Deej

Inclusion Shouldn’t be a Lottery

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Two and Twenty Troubles

Two disabled actors (both amputees) restart their careers after a long hiatus.

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Vision Portraits

Four artists impacted by blindness. Four different paths to the imagination.

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Kū Kanaka/Stand Tall

A dive into shallow water at age 15 transforms a Native Hawaiian young man into a leader of his people.

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Blind Faith

A Story of Blindness, Trust, and Family

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Concerning Barriers: Three Films on Disability and Society

A Package of Three Films on Disability and Society

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Ramped Up

While some see Robert Kalani's 60 lawsuits under the ADA as frivolous, Kalani and others say it's a form of activism.

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A Cerebral Game

A filmmaker with cerebral palsy ponders his changing identity through the lens of baseball.

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Wheelchair Diaries: One Step Up

A filmmaker explores the lack of handicapped accessibility in Western Europe.

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Who Am I To Stop It

A documentary on isolation, art, and transformation after traumatic brain injury

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Mimi and Dona

A mother and a daughter with an intellectual disability must part ways after living together for 64 years.

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Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement

Exploring disability and the promise and perils of human enhancement technologies.

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Making Noise in Silence

Two Korean American high school students navigate adolescence within the intersection of Deaf and Korean culture.

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Sins Invalid

An unshamed claim to beauty.

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The Collector of Bedford Street

An Academy Award® nominated short film about a neighbor with a disability and a community with a plan.

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Spit it Out

Stuttering, substance abuse, and the journey of self-acceptance

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Twisted

When you are locked inside your body, what can set you free?

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The Key Of G

An award-winning doc about disability, caregiving and interdependence.

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Freedom Machines

YOU WILL NEVER SEE DISABILITY THE SAME WAY AGAIN

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All Films About Disabilities

Loving With Three Hearts / Amar Con Tres Corazones

Behind the Scenes of the 2020 Sins Invalid Performance / Detrás de las escenas del performance del 2020 de Sins Invalid

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Taking Off the Mask

No matter the crime, rape's not part of the penalty.

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Love After War: Saving Love, Saving Lives

Injured veterans and their romantic partners winning the battle for love.

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Drunk on Too Much Life

In a world gone crazy, a young woman discovers that her madness is a fierce and powerful gift that makes her more fully human.

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Deej

Inclusion Shouldn’t be a Lottery

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Two and Twenty Troubles

Two disabled actors (both amputees) restart their careers after a long hiatus.

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Busy Inside

Karen, a therapist, helps people who suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder—the condition she has herself, juggling seventeen alter egos of her own.

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Vision Portraits

Four artists impacted by blindness. Four different paths to the imagination.

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Kū Kanaka/Stand Tall

A dive into shallow water at age 15 transforms a Native Hawaiian young man into a leader of his people.

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Blind Faith

A Story of Blindness, Trust, and Family

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Care

It's time to reimagine our care infrastructure.

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UNSTUCK: An OCD Kids Movie

What do you do when your brain is your enemy?

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