Films featuring people with Intellectual Disabilities
With films from all over the world and a wide variety of genres, this category highlights the rich diversity and creative abilities of people with Intellectual Disabilities.
Maeve and Billy are separated by the Belfast peace lines. The spark of love has been ignited.
If acting wasn’t a hard enough job to land, throw in being disabled and see what reaction you’d get.
Riley was brutally beaten in a bias crime because of his developmental disability. Such a bias crime is not unusual.
A music video of improvisational musicians from a Hamburg community of people with developmental disabilities.
Anders and Harri are best friends. Anders is obsessed with trains. They decide to go to Getå, scene of Sweden’s worst train disaster.
People with developmental disabilities perform and sing the Turkish version of Pink Floyd’s hit alongside famous Turkish artists.
This video might make you think what people’s lives could be like if we focused more on their abilities, rather than their disabilities.
Two people with disabilities navigate through the challenges they’re faced with when their relationship is displayed in public.
Funny and heart-wrenching – peoples’ candid and articulate self-awareness quickly shatter preconceptions of the disabled.
When everyone finds out that Paul likes a girl from school, his family, support worker and teacher all try to act in Paul’s ‘Best Interest’.
A touching and personal poem written by Anonymous and recited/performed by Nadirah McFadden.
A music video of improvisational musicians from a Hamburg community of people with developmental disabilities.
Two young rowers with intellectual disabilities thrive on the companionship and routine that comes with being part of a team.
At an Edinburgh bakery, a community of workers makes a variety of organic breads for delivery to shops in the city.
A personal look into the lives of three couples with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Burt is a man who survived decades of inhuman treatment to become a person who enjoys life to the fullest.
With a congenital condition which is never named, we see how Carl supports the community and the community supports Carl.
A woman who has overcome barriers and whose participation in a community college has enhanced the quality of her life.
A sweeping music video that so slowly and cleverly reveals the characters behind this slice of pitch perfect indie pop.
Despite medical hardships, learning disability and challenges “fitting in” with peers, Ben’s love for life and for music shines.
An adventure film with a cast comprised of actors with a range of intellectual disabilities. But it isn’t a film about disability.
In Cuba, a group of mothers bring their children with Down syndrome to perform with joy and verve in a park for a public audience.
This animation is a dream sequence of Debbie, a young woman with Down syndrome.
Seth lives in a group home with Linda, a woman he loves from afar. Will Seth come out of his dream world and declare his love to her?
Duncan’s showmanship and determination to defy the bullying and fulfill his dream to perform in major cities around the globe.
Can individuals with developmental disabilities be good parents? A profile of Clement & Karen and their two children.
We see the love, admiration and enormous devotion between two brothers once separated by the Willowbrook State School.
This film documents the inhumane conditions faced by individuals with disabilities in grossly neglectful psychiatric facilities.
Free follows the path to freedom of people with intellectual disabilities that are locked away in Croatian institutions.
Benjamin was 7 years old when he moved to Toronto. His neighbor Ramzi was 18 months old at the time. Within a year the boys had become best friends.
A short, experimental film depicting 12 different perspectives on universal, human emotions – all revolving around ‘love’.
A look into the dedication of direct support professionals during and after hurricane Katrina. For months they put others before themselves.
A poem by Cam Lasley, a hip-hop artist with Down syndrome, is performed/recited by Marlon Foster, a young man with an I/DD.
Seth, a person with developmental disabilities, gives a commentary on a community’s efforts to deny a group home from opening.
A poem by Mark VanSlyke and recited/performed by Gina Watson two people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The How’s Your News? team follows the 2004 presidential campaign trail from Ohio to Florida leading up to the election.
The “How’s Your News?” crew are at it again with their insightful and hilarious coverage of the 2004 Presidential campaign.
An animated music video Rudely Interrupted’s tours around the globe, from airports to hotels, from the suitcase to the stage.
A poem, by Jennifer Fan, in which she shares moments of anxiety. The poem is recited and performed by Nadirah McFadden.
A poem written by Emily Meek in which she states a variety of her wishes. A Sproutflix Production.
During an emotional time in his life Jimmy is enrolled at a boarding school. While there he gets a crush on a waitress and meets a ghost.
The extraordinary story a blind musician and soundscape artist who works with children with disabilities, helping them to find their place in a world not made for them.
Bobby and his brother Luke are looking for love… A comic look at the perils of dating with and without an intellectual disability.
This film takes a rare look at the controversial subject of parents with intellectual disabilities and their children.
A music video by Station 17- a collection of musicians from a Hamburg community of people with developmental disabilities.
A music video by Station 17- a group of musicians from a Hamburg community of people with developmental disabilities.
The year is 3168 and Earth is being threatened by the evil Natas. Hope for a peaceful future lies in the hands of the Karate Ruler.
An intimate portrait of a family in Iowa whose lives begin to change when their first son is diagnosed with a rare behavioral disorder.
A tale about Viru, a self-proclaimed music buff, and how he survived his first day at summer camp. A Sproutflix Production.
Meet the artists of La Tinaia, a center for expressive activities located in Florence, Italy.
Lori and Peter are showing how people with intellectual disabilities can live, work and thrive in a community.
A music video by Station 17- a collection of musicians from a Hamburg community of people with developmental disabilities.
Rudely Interrupted, an independent rock group with 3 of the 4 members living with disabilities, releases their 5th studio project.
Lost to himself and the world, Mr. D is drawn into a world of long corridors, lethal waitresses and talk show hosts.
“Mark” will question our tendency to rush through life, while we ignore beauty and fulfillment in the many instances that pass us by.
A poem by Tawanda Renee Shore in which she shares her view of marriage. Recited and performed by Samantha Moore.
An introduction to Zulu P, a group of four rappers with developmental challenges who create some wild beats.
An insight into two brothers: acclaimed Aboriginal actor Aaron Pedersen, and Vinnie, who has an intellectual disability.
Features the poetry of Frank Doherty and the performances of 5 young adults with developmental disabilities.
Set in the café area of Melbourne, Rudely Interrupted sets out to interrupt people’s daily coffee fix with a bit of entertainment.
A music video, with catchy-as-all-get-up verses and power-hitting choruses, from one of Australia’s most unique rock acts.
A film crew captures the happenings during the making of a vampire film as reality becomes blurred.
When a Minneapolis theater company put on a show titled “Rise of the Celebretards,” people with disabilities took action.
35 people answer the same one question: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would you change?
A theatre group prepares for a large-scale spectacle, to be staged in a stadium for an audience of 5,000 people.
The Random 1 team meets Kevin, a shy, young man with an intellectual disability. He has a simple request: help him find his first date.
A recycling plant in Warsaw that provides jobs for people with learning difficulties, who would find it difficult to get work.
Seagulls Football Club exists to provide opportunities to people with an intellectual disability in the suburbs of Melbourne.
With unfailing determination, Rodney forces his family to understand his perspective of the world he lives in.
A couple shares their personal thoughts on love and marriage 3 months before their wedding, in this candid and touching portrait.
Siblings is a touching look inside the world of those who have grown up with a brother or sister with a developmental disability.
A unique group of performers with intellectual disabilities prepare for their first public performance at the Sydney Opera House.
Follow a team of superheroes as they bring new life into a supermarket on the verge of going out of business.
Andrew Pullen collects light globes. He has well over 10,000 of them in one of the world’s largest private collections.
“The Great Little Mouse” is an animated story written by Mary Egan, a woman with developmental disabilities.
A silent Felliniesque film about a man who decides to go to the park to relax. There he finds himself in an unusual circumstance.
A tale of love, money, the mob, the FBI and a 1968 Chrysler 300 convertible. A Sproutflix Production.
When Eyes invade the town of Merryville; the intruders soon make the town unlivable. Features an entire cast of people with I/DD.
Rachel writes a letter to her future children describing her experiences of caring for her big brother.
We follow Topsy and Dave as they grasp the idea of marriage, what it means to them and how things will change.
A short poem written by Paul Quinn and recited by Juan Garcia – two people with developmental disabilities.
A music video by Station 17- a group of musicians from a Hamburg community of people with developmental disabilities.
A poem written by Neil MacDonald is recited/performed by Destiny Lewis Bell – two people with developmental disabilities.
Junior felt safe and protected with the girl of his dreams, Cat, a superhero from the planet Caton who he created.
Wayne, a man with limited communication skills, learns the harsh reality of love and romance.
For students practicing interviewing techniques, a simple question receives surprisingly diverse and complex answers.
Young adults interview their parents about what it was like when they were children.
24 people answer the same question: “If you could change one thing about yourself, what would you change?”
A touching, personal and sensitive poem written by Nancy Brown & Vicky Reaves and recited / performed by Nadirah McFadden.
“Where’s Molly?” – Since he was 6 years old, Jeff Daly kept asking that question about his only sister.
Focusing on an institution located in Staten Island, NY, this film, with reporter, Geraldo Rivera, was one of the first exposés on local TV.
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