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“The Miracle Worker” will help introduce children to Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. Their story shows the strength and power of the human will and its ability to triumph over the most devastating disabilities. Helen Keller is one of the most remarkable people ever to have lived.
Movies with Characters Who Have Physical Disabilities. Physical limitations can make life more challenging. But these movies show characters with disabilities finding ways to live the lives they want.
Jul 25, 2012 · One of her teachers doesn't want her in class, but a new documentary shows she has what it takes to graduate—with some adult support.
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- Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
- Special
- Then Barbara Met Alan
- The L Word: Generation Q
- Coda
- The Peanut Butter Falcon
- Rising Phoenix
- Sex Education
- A Quiet Place
- Creed III
In the few short years since its release, American documentary Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (2020) has quickly become a classic of Disability cinema. Co-written, directed and produced by James LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham, Crip Campbegins in 1971 at Camp Jened, a summer camp for teenagers with disabilities, at which LeBrecht himself was once a...
Netflix’s Specialis a comedy-drama series based loosely on the life of actor-writer Ryan O’Connell. O’Connell plays Ryan, a gay man with Cerebral Palsy who, after a somewhat arrested development, decides to pursue the life he wants. He begins a new internship, starts dating, makes new friends and moves into his first apartment. There’s only one pro...
The recent BBC drama Then Barbara Met Alanis based on the real-life story of Barbara Lisicki and Alan Holdsworth, two Disabled cabaret artists who in 1989 met at a gig, fell in love and went on to found D.A.N, the Disabled people’s Direct Action Network. Barbara (played by Ruth Madeley), a comedian, and Alan (Arthur Hughes), a singer-songwriter kno...
While The L Wordcentered on a group of mostly white, cis, middle-class lesbians living in Los Angeles, The L Word: Generation Qis a more inclusive and intersectional update on the original series. Many of the series’ original characters remain, but a whole host of new characters have also been introduced: LGBTQ+ people whose queerness intersects wi...
CODAis a coming-of-age film about seventeen-year-old Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones) who is a child of Deaf adults (or for short: CODA) and the only hearing member of her family. She uses ASL fluently, acts as the family’s informal interpreter and is immersed every day in Deaf culture. But when she suddenly discovers a passion and talent for singing, the...
The Peanut Butter Falconis a buddy movie about the unlikely friendship between Tyler (Shia LaBeouf), a runaway fisherman, and Zak (Zack Gottsagen), a man with Down’s Syndrome who has escaped from an assisted living facility. Both men are on the run, and Zak’s caretaker Eleanor (Dakota Johnson), is in hot pursuit. As the two men spend time together ...
Rising Phoenixis a Netflix documentary about the history and legacy of the Paralympic Games. Directed by Peter Ettedgui and Ian Bonhote, the film seamlessly blends a sweeping history of the Paralympics with interviews of today’s most prominent Paralympians. In typical Netflix fashion, the film combines a glossy production value with an epic soundtr...
In the second season of Sex Education, we are introduced to a new character: Isaac, a wheelchair-user who lives opposite Maeve in the caravan park. He lives with his brother, spends much of his time pining for Maeve’s affection and quickly becomes friends with the other young adults at Moordale. Though he is the only wheelchair-user in a sea of non...
The 2018 horror film A Quiet Placetells the story of a family fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world, where the majority of humans have been killed by creatures who are blind but have an acute sense of hearing. The Abbott family, however, have survived, in part thanks to their use of American Sign Language (ASL). While Deaf representatio...
Directed by Michael B. Jordan, new sports drama movie Creed IIIis the third installment in the Creed film series, and the ninth overall in the Rocky franchise, which began in 1976 with its first eponymous film. The new movie stars Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed, a boxing star who must face his childhood friend and former boxing prodigy Damian An...
Jan 1, 2000 · This article discusses using movies to teach students about disabilities. It addresses considerations in choosing movies, gauging the accuracy of the portrayal, and identifying positive...
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May 13, 2024 · A great movie review can be a work of art in its own right. Read on to learn how to analyze a movie like a professional film critic, come up with an interesting thesis, and write a review as entertaining as your source material.
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