Portrayal on Screen: Portrayal of Disability: Me Too (Yo Tambien)
Portrayal on Screen: Freaks (1932)
Freaks (Dir. Tod Browning, 1932) Banned for many years, when analysed the film is very sympathetic to the disabled people who work at the circus as curiosities, clowns and in the ‘freak show’ and who form a tightly knit and…
Profile of Hopes: Robert David Hall by Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Emmy award winning “Profiles of Hope” features CSI actor and Musician, Robert David Hall, who talks about overcoming physical trauma. Produced by the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health’s Public Information Office.
Best Years of Our Lives
This Academy Award(R)-winning masterpiece recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans after WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Fredric March, Harold Russell and Dana Andrews are superb as the servicemen who Year: 1946…
Interview with deaf actress Sophie Stone
Interview about deaf character in Dr Who played by deaf actress Sophie Stone. See it here In this 7 minute preview clip made by the BBC’s See Hear programme (and shown at the weekend as part of the See Hear…
Russell Howard interview with Jess Thom
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One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a 1975 Film starring Jack Nicholson, written by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman and directed by Miloš Forman. It is based on the novel: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Ken Kesey.
The Elephant man – QED – Documentary – The True Story Of Joseph Merrick
The Elephant Man
Born Joseph Carey Merrick 5 August 1862 Leicester, Leicestershire, England Died 11 April 1890 (aged 27) The London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, England Other names “Elephant Man”, John Merrick Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), sometimes incorrectly…