Physical Disability Movies

A daily life in Korogocho, Kenya, one of the world’s poorest slums.

A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled...

A disabled man yearns for intimacy in a world that would rather ignore him.

Filmmaker Kyle Anne Grendys is only the 75th person to be born with the rare, recessive gene disorder called Fraser Syndrome. Having always felt...

The documentary chronicles the life stories of two brothers, Kristaps and Krists. Kristaps, the elder brother, is disabled and has trouble talking,...

Adam Pearson - who has neurofibromatosis type 1 - is on a mission to explore disability hate crime: to find out why it goes under-reported,...

This documentary will take us into the home of Doña Cristi, a 74-year-old woman who has run her grocery store in Ecatepec for more than three...

A look into the life of Brett, a boy born without arms due to thalidomide exposure.

A disparate group of dancers, preferring to express themselves through dance rather than speech, clash with each other and members of the local...

A short documentary on the plight of people with disabilities in the Soviet Union.

Peng Zuqiang chronicles the final two years his uncle Nan spends under the same roof as his elderly parents. Born with physical challenges, Nan...

In the film "You Don't Need Feet to Dance," African immigrant Sidiki Conde, having lost the use of his legs to polio at fourteen, balances his career...

Quadruple amputee Alex Lewis sets out to prove to his son that anything is possible by attempting to cross the Simien Mountain wilderness and climb...

Dia used to be a dancer, a musician, a talented woman with friends and a lover. The inability to use her legs has now confined her to a wheelchair.

A few young lads are playing football in the town square when one of them espies a girl nearby. When he asks her to go for an ice cream with them he...

Late Bloomer is the story of Sumida-san, a severely handicapped man, and his downward spiral into hell.

My Really Cool Legs! follows a group of pediatric amputee athletes who challenge themselves beyond their disability. Led by their amputee mentor and...

Kazuo Hara follows Ayumi Yasutomi, a transgender candidate, who is also a Tokyo University professor, as she embarks on a national campaign for a...

Under the isolation of the pandemic, Jonas has a brilliant vision: to commission the world’s most expensive Connect Four game, crafted in...