Diffability Hollywood (2016)
• January 1st, 2016 • 2h 5min
Documentary
Overview
"Diffability Hollywood is a documentary about Hollywood's portrayal of people with disabilities in films throughout history. One of filmmaker Adrian Esposito's main goals in making this film is to have people with disabilities portrayed in a less stereotypical way and to advocate for more inclusion of writers, directors and actors with disabilities into the movie industry.
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