Disability Movies

A nonverbal autistic teenager develops a quiet crush on the girl next door, expressing her feelings through drawn portraits.

12-year-old Terry is in emergency care with guardians after his mother’s arrest. Cheeky and living with a disability, he outwits one...

A tour of Los Angeles's underground art scene revolving around cult star Sandie Crisp, the Goddess Bunny, who recounts her life, gender transition,...

Faced with a traumatic injury that renders you permanently disabled; how would you reinvent yourself? Full Circle tells the story of Trevor Kennison...

Taking its title from Tod Browning’s classic film, this radical reframing of how characters with disabilities are represented looks at a...

Martinez's second feature documentary assembles a theatre group of deaf actors in order to portray their lives and at the same time avoid any...

American and Russian filmmakers with disabilities collaborate through an international exchange program to create films about their lives, using...

What happens when a group of boys decide to record themselves direct to the internet via their mobile phones and get carried away with the idea of...

British Channel 4 documentary looking at the work of Bradford Social Services and some of the people in Bradford who are struggling to cope in their...

A short 1982 film that offers a thought-provoking look at stereotypes about physical handicaps as seen in the story of a teenager with cerebral palsy...

What has four legs, five arms and three heads? The Gimp Monkeys. Craig DeMartino lost his leg after a 100-foot climbing fall. Pete Davis with born...

David Vandenbrink seems like a healthy 21-year-old, bright and articulate young man. There is little to suggest that while in his mother's womb, he...

Elle and Luke meet each other on the way to their respective blind dates—their chance encounter unexpectedly turns their evening upside down.

Shot in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and bound by elements of fiction, this unexpected documentary short is a glimpse into...

Frans Bromet follows scoot drivers of different ages about their lives. He talks to them about what has changed since they got a mobility scooter,...

Aboard a specially decorated motorhome made by Lulu, they will travel the roads of France for the first time, following "an itinerary as twisted as...

Paul is having a great day. It’s a pity that the documentary crew following him doesn’t seem to see that…

When neurologically ill American actress Sarah calls emotionally crippled English playwright Joe, they begin a very special relationship conducted...

A daily life in Korogocho, Kenya, one of the world’s poorest slums.

A documentary on assisted suicide, authored by actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr.