Illnesses & Disabilities
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    Movies

    Murderball (2005)

    Filmmakers Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro profile members of paraplegic rugby teams in the...

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    Little Man (2005)

    Micro-preemie Nicholas is born 100 days too early and weighs only one pound. From his froglike legs...

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    Blindsight (2008)

    Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind...

  • A Lion in the House picture
    Movies

    A Lion in the House (2006)

    Filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert examine the plight of five children who have cancer.

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    Body of War (2008)

    An injured soldier returns from Iraq and questions the reasons he was sent there.

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    The Bridge (2006)

    Filmmaker Eric Steel documents a number of suicide leaps from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and...

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    New York Doll (2005)

    Arthur ``Killer'' Kane, former New York Dolls bassist, becomes a Mormon after hitting rock bottom.

  • Christopher Reeve: Hope in Motion picture
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    Christopher Reeve: Hope in Motion

    The afternoon of May 27, 1995 marked a deeply tragic turning point for the late Christopher Reeve....

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    Unknown White Male (2006)

    The true story of Doug Bruce, a man who woke up in Coney Island with no memory of any day of his...

  • Running on the Sun picture
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    Running on the Sun (2000)

    A look at the participants training for and competing in the Badwater 135. A 135 mile race set in...

  • The Unconquered picture
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    The Unconquered (1954)

    A documentary on the amazing life of Helen Keller, in 1882, aged 19 months she fell ill with what...

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    Best Boy (1979)

    In this documentary, the director follows the day-to-day activities of his retarded, middle-aged...

  • I Remember Me picture
    Movies

    I Remember Me (2001)

    About chronic fatigue syndrome.

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    My Flesh and Blood (2003)

    Filmmaker Jonathan Karsh profiles Susan Tom, a woman who has adopted 11 children who are physically...

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    ABC Africa (2002)

    Documentary account of the AIDS crisis in Uganda.

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    Southern Comfort (2001)

    Filmmaker Kate Davis chronicles the final year in the life of a female-to-male transsexual dying of...

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    Lightning Over Water (1980)

    The last months in the life of director Nicholas Ray.

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    Emmanuel's Gift (2005)

    The true story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, a disabled athlete from Ghana Africa who rode a bicycle...

  • Gray's Anatomy picture
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    Gray's Anatomy (1997)

    Acclaimed monologuist Spalding Gray recounts his latest neurotic exploits after he experiences...

  • Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit picture
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    Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit

    This moving documentary by director Werner Herzog (Fitzcarraldo, and Aguirre, the Wrath of God)...

  • The Self-Destruction of Gia picture
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    The Self-Destruction of Gia

    An examination of the brief life and untimely death of supermodel and heroin addict Gia Marie...

  • So Much So Fast picture
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    So Much So Fast (2006)

    Filmmakers Steve Ascher and Jeanne Jordan chronicle a man's struggle with ALS, known as Lou Gehrig's...

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    Movies

    Sound and Fury (2000)

    About a controversial medical breakthrough for hearing-impaired children.

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    Derailroaded (2005)

    A journey through the thunderstorms of the mind of paranoid-schizophrenic Larry "Wild Man" Fischer,...

  • Rolling picture
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    Rolling

    Gretchen Berland follows three quadrapalegics over a sixteen-month period, who all share a...

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    Being Different

    Don't confuse Being Different with those exploitational "freak show" documentaries of the 1950s....

  • 39 Pounds of Love picture
    Movies

    39 Pounds of Love (2005)

    Filmmaker Dani Menkin follows a man who has muscular dystrophy as he travels from Israel to Texas to...

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    Urgences

    Urgencies, shot in the emergency psychiatry unit of the Hotel-Ddieu hospital in Paris, constitutes...

  • The Famine Within picture
    Movies

    The Famine Within (1992)

    An examination of the eating disorders anorexia and bulimia, and the various socialization patterns...

  • Silverlake Life: The View From Here picture
    Movies

    Silverlake Life: The View From Here (1993)

    A visual diary of two men's struggle with AIDS.