Every afternoon Tova’s house fills with men, women, young and old, disabled, mad, ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ – all of them dreaming of finding love. They all come to Tova, a unique matchmaker who cannot move her body due to muscular dystrophy, but tirelessly strives to find everyone else love in this world. The film follows Tova, her family and trophy matches over the course of a special year, where all the fundamental components of her life merge: pain, humor, love and an enormous lust for life.
This film focuses on the vibrant lives of five women with disabilities on their journey to the Ms. Wheelchair America pageant, where the concept of beauty is defined through the lens of advocacy & perseverance.
This 15-minute video by David Block focuses on the world of wheelchair ballroom dancing through the story of Ray Leight, a wheelchair user who developed ballroom dancing curriculum for wheelchair users to dance with a standing partner.
The Current showcases inspiring adaptive athletes, well-respected public figures, and athlete ambassadors of all abilities, overcoming limitations through adaptive water sports such as surfing, scuba diving, free-diving, and ocean kayaking alongside whales and dolphins in exotic locations. Each individual cast member shares inspirational stories of perseverance while reflecting on the bonds of friendship, ultimately revealing the power of the human spirits, and the importance of protecting and conserving the ocean, while discovering and embracing its healing potential.
A visually stunning account of artist-activist Jacks Ashley McNamara’s transformative journey from troubled childhood to psych ward patient to pioneering mental health advocate. This poetic tale reshapes mental health stigmas while re-approaching madness as a tool for creativity, inspiration and hope.
An International Day of of Disabled People Conference gets out of hand when the orginizers and atteendees can’t seem to pull it together. This film is a documentary of the conference.
Told through the perspectives of five individuals with disabilities, the implications of emerging biological and human technology enhancement is analyzed. Holding professional knowledge, as well as firsthand experience, a textured and personal debate is ensued. FIXED enlightens and challenges the regular human body, and what it fundamentally means to be a human in the 21st century.
At 17 years old, Julien has a great sense of humor, bags of charm, and cerebral palsy. In a bid to bond with his father, Julien challenges him to participate with him in the Ironman race in Nice, France, a triathlon in which his father has previously competed. Doing the race alone is an incredible challenge, but completing it together with Julien would be nearly impossible. Still, his father agrees and the two set out to train for and compete in one of the most intense races on earth. Beyond the sporting exploit, this is the story of one family’s exemplary journey, and a moving portrait of the love between a father and his son.
