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Films About Disability Inclusion (Ages 15-17)

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The films presented below reflect the reality of what it means to live with a disability—issues able-bodied people aren’t confronted with every day. These films provide an excellent entry point into an important conversation about living in an inclusive and diverse society. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici. Films in This Playlist Include The Brother The Dance of Words We Regret to Inform You Picture This! Shameless: The ART of Disability The Artisans Tying Your Own Shoes Toward Intimacy The Tournament A Mind of Your Own

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Films About Disability Inclusion (Ages 15-17)

The films presented below reflect the reality of what it means to live with a disability—issues able-bodied people aren’t confronted with every day. These films provide an excellent entry point into an important conversation about living in an inclusive and diverse society.

Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.

Films in This Playlist Include
The Brother
The Dance of Words
We Regret to Inform You
Picture This!
Shameless: The ART of Disability
The Artisans
Tying Your Own Shoes
Toward Intimacy
The Tournament
A Mind of Your Own

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  • The Brother
    The Brother
    Jérémie Battaglia 2019 28 min
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  • The Dance of Words
    The Dance of Words
    Yves Étienne Massicotte 2014 44 min
    Over 200,000 people in Canada are deaf. For deaf francophones, Quebec Sign Language is essential to both their identity and their connection to the deaf community. In the past decades, parents and doctors have pushed for hearing aids, cochlear implants and a mainstream education for deaf kids. Yet this thrust into the hearing world has come at a price for some deaf students, who may have trouble following classroom activities and end up being marginalized.

    The Dance of Words features young artists who have embraced their deaf identity in adulthood after spending a difficult childhood in the grey zone between hearing culture and deaf culture. These emerging artists show how they are using the arts to build a deaf culture that makes them proud. They shine a spotlight on their community while promoting and advancing deaf culture with a keen sensitivity.
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  • We Regret to Inform You...
    We Regret to Inform You...
    Eva Colmers  &  Heidi Janz 2015 11 min
    In a check-box society that functions by dividing us into neatly-defined categories, where does someone with a strong mind and a weak body fit in? Dr. Heidi Janz - award-winning playwright, accomplished academic, and self-described ‘crip’ – has a curious problem. Despite her obvious physical limitations she is denied financial assistance from government programmes because of her “productive” mind. Following Heidi through her everyday life, with all its unique responsibilities, opportunities, and challenges, We Regret to Inform You... offers an unsentimental, and unapologetic, look at what it means to be both “disabled” and “productive”.
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  • Picture This
    Picture This
    Jari Osborne 2017 33 min

    What does it mean to be disabled and desirable?

    In Picture This, a new documentary by Jari Osborne, we meet Andrew Gurza, a self-described “queer cripple” who has made it his mission to make sex and disability part of the public discourse.
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  • SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability
    SHAMELESS: The ART of Disability
    Bonnie Sherr Klein 2006 1 h 11 min
    Art and activism are the starting point for a funny and intimate portrait of five surprising individuals with diverse disabilities. Packed with humour and raw energy, this film follows the gang of five from B.C. to Nova Scotia as they create and present their own images of their disabilities.
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  • Acting Blind
    Acting Blind
    Martin Duckworth 2006 52 min
    This touching documentary follows a cast of blind and visually impaired actors as they prepare Dancing to Beethoven, a play about blindness. The film takes us deep into the lives of the actors. We hear stories of their shock and disbelief at first losing sight and of their struggles coping with a life without it. We hear them talk about grieving and pining for the visual world. They tell the moving story of how this play is itself a victory, a type of salvation, for each of them. By opening night, at the renowned Place des Arts in Montreal, they are a close-knit cast, well-honed and ready to step out of the wings and into the light.
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  • The Artisans
    The Artisans
    Daniel Léger 2018 51 min
    “We’re beautiful, the whole gang. We’re special,” says Jean of the 15-odd employees at The Artisan—a workshop employing people with intellectual disabilities. Jean is the self-described “handyman and best-looking” member of the group. A moving celebration of difference, The Artisans captures daily life at an organization where the workers are as courageous as they are colourful.
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  • Tying Your Own Shoes
    Tying Your Own Shoes
    Shira Avni 2009 16 min
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  • Toward Intimacy
    Toward Intimacy
    Debbie McGee 1992 1 h 1 min
    This feature documentary follows a number of women with disabilities as they affirm their right to seek, develop and sustain intimate relationships with the partners of their choice. In this moving one-hour film, four disabled women from across Canada share their personal experiences, with particular emphasis on sexuality, self-esteem, stereotyping, and parenting.
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  • The Tournament
    The Tournament
    Sam Vint 2020 22 min
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  • A Mind of Your Own
    A Mind of Your Own
    Gail Sweeney 1999 37 min
    It is estimated that in every Canadian classroom, there are two or three kids affected by a learning disability. Although they are generally of average or higher intelligence, these kids struggle every day to keep up with the class and to be accepted. Meet Henry, Stephanie, Matthew and Max, four incredible kids who won't let their learning differences hold them down. As they confront their disabilities and revel in unique talents like singing and chess, it becomes clear that "different" can also mean wonderful. This warm and inspirational video will encourage and boost the self-esteem of kids struggling with learning disabilities, and foster understanding in their peers.
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