When Andrew Moir was four years old his father was told he had two years left to live.
His father had ALS, a fatal and incurable illness. Years later and now a filmmaker,
Andrew meets Brad. He has ALS and three young children, just like Andrew’s dad when
he was diagnosed. Narrated from the first person, JUST AS I REMEMBER confronts the
heartbreaking decisions faced by two fathers living with ALS, exploring it from their
children’s perspectives.
An inspiring documentary/love story between renowned painter Jon Imber and artist/wife Jill Hoy. When faced with one’s death we experience how art and love transform the tragedy into the brightest affirmation of life.
Director Richard Kane follows Imber as he remains determined to continue his work as an artist, despite his condition. His heroic resolve leads to the creation of more than 100 portraits in an incredible four-month span. The film sensitively observes Jon, capturing him at his most courageous and humorous as the disease claims his body. Thanks in large part to the loving support of his wife, painter Jill Hoy, Imber learns to paint with his left hand, and eventually with both hands held together at his waist. Knowing what his fate holds, Jon Imber shows what it is to truly live and die through art.
It should be like any other tap dance audition. Mary’s been to hundreds. Everything is going great until suddenly her well-kept secret falls off – reminding her of two things: 1, she’s not like everyone else; and 2, ‘the show must go on’! The film is a documentary based on real life events.
The sequel of The Importance of Tying Your Own Shoes. Max, a successful, yet lonely
and depressed, NYC-based cinematographer is contacted by his old friend Peter, who
invites him to come to a small Swedish city and help him make a film about his daughter
?s friends. Once Max gets there, he realizes that the documentary he has promised to
shoot is about people with disabilities. Drama, laughter, love and friendships unfold, as
the film gets made; and Max goes through a personal journey revisiting his perception
of people with disabilities.
At age 23, Simi Linton was injured while hitchhiking to Washington to protest the war in
Vietnam. Suddenly a young disabled college student, she confronted discrimination she
couldn’t have imagined before. Simi emerges as a resourceful activist, and in time
realizes that love, sexuality, and dance can once again be central to her life.
Thomas Howell is a lawyer looking for more in life – the chance to make a difference in
the world. When he snags the opportunity of a lifetime _ an interview at a prestigious
law firm for his ?dream-job’ working in the pro-bono department? he realizes that his
chance to make a difference is closer and more unexpected than he could ever
imagine.
When Alex’s girlfriend Lisa eventually gets fed up and chucks him out onto the street, Alex is forced to look for a job in order to survive. When Alex finally gets a job as the leader of a theater group for people with disabilities his outlook on life begins to change. All of a sudden, he finds himself working as an assistant to a troop of mentally handicapped people at a group living facility with inflexible routines, endless courses in how to tie your shoelaces, and, above all, lots of very bored individuals.Through the group’s work, Alex comes to appreciate that every person has his or own talents, which can grow given opportunity and support.
A coming-of-age drama about a family that struggles to keep up appearances while hiding
their sins from one another. When the eldest son, who has autism, returns from an institution,
the pressure builds and secrets begin to emerge.
1 in 7 of us will experience some kind of deafness in our lifetime. So what would happen
to the music you love, if your hearing was lost? Made by a partially deaf filmmaker after
the future of her own hearing was called into doubt, Lost and Sound is a moving and
fascinating documentary that follows music critic Nick Coleman, dancer Emily Thornton
and pianist Holly Loach over 2 years, as they journey deep into sound and silence to rediscover music after deafness. The film weaves its way through a startling world of
altered sound. It combines intimate filming with original animation, a rich musical
soundtrack (often manipulated to reveal what deafness actually sounds like), and new
insights from the world’s top neuroscientists, to tell the story of the great human love
affair with music.
Featuring: New York Times bestseller Dr David Eagleman, composer Professor Nigel
Osborne, Dr Katie Overy, Professor David Huron, Dr Robert Zatorre and science writer
Philip Ball.
Elaborate digital platforms like Second Life and World of Warcraft offer novel opportunities for friendship, sex, employment, and aesthetic experience in virtual communities populated by cartoon-like avatars. Centered around people who have found communities online, Login 2 Life profiles people deeply immersed in virtual worlds, including individuals who are homebound because of their disabilities, and attempts to understand what these individuals get from their virtual lives.
