Disability Movies

  • 1970
    Living in Fear

    Living in Fear

    Living in Fear

    01970HD

    Filmed and edited entirely in isolation, Living in Fear is an educational and inspiring documentary directed by myself, Stephanie Castelete-Tyrrell,...

    Living in Fear
  • 2019
    Pennhurst

    Pennhurst

    Pennhurst

    02019HD

    Segregation, abandonment, and the meaning of home are discussed by the people that lived in, worked at, and crusaded for one of the largest and...

    Pennhurst
  • 1970
    The Art of Being LC

    The Art of Being LC

    The Art of Being LC

    01970HD

    This documentary is about Lois Curtis, the liberator who was freed to create.

    The Art of Being LC
  • 1910
    The Romance of a Trained Nurse

    The Romance of a Trained Nurse

    The Romance of a Trained Nurse

    01910HD

    A nurse falls for her patient, a young man recently injured in a car accident.

    The Romance of a Trained Nurse
  • 1927
    Riding to Fame

    Riding to Fame

    Riding to Fame

    01927HD

    Our crippled heroine inherits virtually nothing but debts upon the demise of her father. The one tangible asset in the estate is a racehorse which...

    Riding to Fame
  • 1970
    Cathy

    Cathy

    Cathy

    01970HD

    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...

    Cathy
  • 1918
    Flower of the Dusk

    Flower of the Dusk

    Flower of the Dusk

    01918HD

    Blind Ambrose North is tormented by the suspicion that his wife Constance committed suicide when their crippled daughter Barbara was only two,...

    Flower of the Dusk
  • 1917
    The Primrose Ring

    The Primrose Ring

    The Primrose Ring

    01917HD

    Margaret MacLean, who has been saved from life in a wheelchair by the miracle of medicine, vows to devote her life to caring for crippled children....

    The Primrose Ring
  • 2006
    SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability

    SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability

    SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability

    02006HD

    Art, activism and disability are the starting point for what unfolds as a funny and intimate portrait of five surprising individuals. Director Bonnie...

    SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability
  • 1919
    The Dance of Death

    The Dance of Death

    The Dance of Death

    01919HD

    In this apparently lost film, a beautiful dancer's sexual allure is used by an evil cripple to entice men to their deaths. Falling in love with one...

    The Dance of Death
  • 1922
    Afraid to Fight

    Afraid to Fight

    Afraid to Fight

    01922HD

    Former A. E. F. boxing champion Tom Harper, who suffered gas poisoning, is sent to the mountains to regain his health so that he can re-enter the...

    Afraid to Fight
  • 1959
    Marked by Darkness

    Marked by Darkness

    Marked by Darkness

    01959HD

    Short, evocative documentary on the education of blind and partially sighted children.

    Marked by Darkness
  • 1981
    Canada Vignettes: Bridging the Gap

    Canada Vignettes: Bridging the Gap

    Canada Vignettes: Bridging the Gap

    01981HD

    An animated allegory demonstrating the need to integrate the disabled into general society.

    Canada Vignettes: Bridging the Gap
  • 1925
    The Home Maker

    The Home Maker

    The Home Maker

    01925HD

    A man's life seems to be falling apart. He's bored with his job, gets passed over for a promotion and, when the pressures get to be too much, he...

    The Home Maker
  • 1983
    The Skin Horse

    The Skin Horse

    The Skin Horse

    01983HD

    An award-winning, ground-breaking TV documentary dealing sensitively with the topic of sex and intimacy within the disabled community.

    The Skin Horse
  • 1928
    Fátima Milagrosa

    Fátima Milagrosa

    Fátima Milagrosa

    01928HD

    Aninhas (Aida Lupo), a paralyzed girl, asks for a miracle from the saint of her devotion, Our Lady of Lourdes, at the chapel of Penha...

    Fátima Milagrosa