Disabilities

Silent Notes

By Jason Delgado | November 2024

Disabilities are something that we do not see very often on the silver screen. For all of the talk of representation in…

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Disabilities are something that we do not see very often on the silver screen. For all of the talk of representation in Hollywood, the deaf are a group...

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SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2024 REVIEW! Baby is a touching film that shows a new side to childbirth. Childbirth is both beauty and intimacy. Director James Di...

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Aisling Byrne's dramatic short, Headspace, takes us into the everyday lives of some remarkable adults. Tony (Mark Smith) lives in a home where he and his...

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TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Directed by Tony Goldwyn and written by Tony Spiridakis, Ezra is about the titular kid with autism. His...

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Inspiring is an understatement when it comes to Thaddeus D. Matula's Into the Spotlight. Those living in the intellectual & developmental disabilities...

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Todd Braley's You Like to Draw? centers two women looking for a bit of help in different ways. Ellen (Brii Frank) uses a wheelchair after a brain injury...

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DANCES WITH FILMS 2023 REVIEW! Blake Leeper is a Paralympic sprinter and star of director Einar Thorsteinsson's perceptive documentary, Abled: The Blake...

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TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! A fashion model finds a renewed hope in love thanks to a one-night-stand in the short film, My Eyes Are Up Here,...

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SXSW 2023 FESTIVAL REVIEW! Directed and edited by Ken August Meyer, Angel Applicant is an inventive and life-affirming documentary centering on Meyer...

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SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REVIEW! Christine Fugate's documentary short, Queen Moorea, digs deep into a young disabled woman's right to live a normal...

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