Films, videos & television
- Bearing Witness - Luke Melchior
- A candid portrait of a year in Luke's life. Luke is 26 and has Muscular Dystrophy. Though his illness may set him apart from others, in essence he is a young man like so many others: concerned with making his way in the world, being as independent as possible, and finding a girlfriend.
- Breaking Down Barriers
- An article about the International Moscow Disability Film Festival project in Russia.
- Australian Caption Centre:
- Captioned movies, new technology and new screenings.
- Culture! Disability! Talent!
- The new name and new web site for the oldest disability film festival, Superfest, held annually in Berkeley USA.
- Deaf film and TV festival
- The British Deaf Association runs the annual Deaf Film & TV Festival held at Light House in Wolverhampton. The three-day long festival showcases the work of deaf filmmakers and actors from the UK and abroad and celebrates deaf culture and sign language through the moving image. As well as screenings there are disucssion panels, workshops and social activities. The 9th Deaf Film & TV Festival will take place in November 2004.
- Disability films
- This site includes an extensive list of feature films involving people with disabilities. It is directed towards teachers, students and anyone who has an interest in how disability is represented in films. Each category is split into Major and Minor films.
- Disability studies
- A bibliography of disability-related videos compiled for the Film and Video Focus Group of the NEH Summer Institute on Disability Studies, 2000.
- Disability World
- Information about recent award winning disability themed films, ranging from full length commercial release to independent documentaries to television programs to short public service announcements, that have earned critical acclaim ain the last five years.
- DocuSeek
- Social issue documentaries and educational videos including over 75 matches for the keyword search on disability topics.
- Fanlight Productions
- Distributor of innovative film and video works on the social issues of our time, with a special focus on healthcare, mental health, professional ethics, aging, disability, the workplace and generder and family issues.
- Fotosearch
- A photography service providing stock photos and video clips, including a selection of disability related footage.
- London disability arts forum
- A disability-led organisation focused on promoting Disability Arts and the work of disabled artists. Website includes the disability film festival archive.
- Media Rights
- An independent non-profit community web site to help people access social issue documentary films, including disability, health and advocacy topics from different countries.
- Misunderstood Minds
- A documentary produced by PBS that tells the stories of a variety of students with learning difficulties and expert opinions. It is designed to give parents and teachers a better understanding of learning processes and strategies for responding.
- Moulin Rouge
- Fox has released a DVD version of Moulin Rouge that includes English Closed Captions and subtitles.
- National Film Board Canada
- Film collection includes vidoes about disability issues.
- No Limits
- No Limits is a community television panel chat show that looks at living life to the fullest with a disability. It is presented by people with disabilities for the enjoyment of anyone who wants to know more about disability. There are also many people with disabilities involved in the production of No Limits.
- OUCH!
- A 'not overly patronising' review of the the 5th Disability Film Festival by people with disabilities, including the OUCH list of top ten disability films that should have been made.
- Picture This
- Canada's biennial international disability films festival - site lists all previous winners and how to contact producers.
- Quads
- Nelvana and Media World Features present John Callahan's QUADS!, an animated sitcom about a quadriplegic, Reilly O'Reilly, and his rather physically challenged friends.
- Reel Madness film festival
- Reel Madness brings together a diverse range of films and genres from around the world. Included in the four day festival are autobiographical films made by people about their experiences of mental distress, feature films and documentaries, dramas, short films and experimental animation ... uplifting stories of resilience and recovery, portrayals which don't flinch from recording painful realities and emotions, and films which challenge and expose the brutality with which society has responded to mental distress and madness.
- Rehabilitation International
- Information sources about disability videos and films, including disability film and video collection resources.
- Subtitles @ your local cinema
- Information about subtitled and audio described cinema releases in the UK, including films available and screening locations.
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