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Documentary Shorts 10 - Documenting Life with Disabilities

96 minutes Five Films

For the able-bodied, there's no way to truly convey what living with a disability is like. These films shine a light on the reality of this fact through its resilient subjects.

In this program
A Poet Called Mr. Goat

A Poet Called Mr. Goat

Directed by
Yuxiang Jia
China
2022
40 minutes
Chinese

Songshan Li is a disabled poet in Lilou Village, Henan Province, China. He writes under the pen name ?Mr. Goat,? which derives from his life spent surrounded by sheep.

Rockin Baker

Rockin Baker

Directed by
Ringo Jones
U.S.
2022
16 minutes
English

Daymara Baker walks away from her senior position at a multinational brand to start Rockin' Baker Academy, a workforce development program that provides marketable skills to cadet bakers with intellectual disabilities.

The Unicorn In Snowpants Suddenly Ran off

The Unicorn In Snowpants Suddenly Ran off

Directed by
Philipp Schaeffer
Germany
2022
18 minutes
German

Explores the clash between blind children's fantasy worlds and the reality they live in, where blindness is not a disability but merely a different kind of normal.

Breaking Silence

Breaking Silence

Directed by
Amy Bench, Annie Silverstein
U.S.
2023
18 minutes
American Sign Language, English

A Deaf activist and his formerly incarcerated daughter bond as they work to amend the shortcomings of the criminal justice system.