Movies and TvShows featuring "accessibility" theme.

Anna, a 16-year-old girl, has psychic powers and is haunted by false memories. She becomes the prime suspect in a murder case and must use her telepathic abilities to solve the mystery and clear her name. As she delves deeper into the investigation, she uncovers a web of manipulation and discovers the truth about her own past.

The battle for accessibility in New York City Transit told by those fighting it. Less than a quarter of stations in the city's sprawling subway system are accessible to people with disabilities and those that need elevators. This film takes you on the frontlines of the disability rights movement featuring the perspectives of activists, local and state legislators, transit advocates and MTA officials.

An essay film that confronts questions of accessibility through an attempt to record the filmmaker's open-heart surgery.

Every year, on the anniversary of their parents’ death, Cynthia, Bryce, and Miles gather at the family summer home to reminisce and have brunch at their parents’ favorite restaurant. But the siblings have never fully gotten along, and to make matters worse, Cynthia is in a financial rut this year. When she proposes to sell the summer house, Bryce pushes back with full force. The two turn to Miles for the deciding vote, but Miles doesn’t care all that much about the house: he is hung up on the fact that his longtime girlfriend, Gabby, recently left Thus, the weekend unfolds with the siblings’ relationships unravelling into dramatic, conflicted fever dreams of self-identity, broken bonds, and repressed love.

Every year many new drugs come to market which offer hope to the sick and dying. This documentary film investigates just how far drug companies are prepared to go to get their drugs approved, what they will do to make sure they get the prices they want, and what happens when profits are put before people.

Kailey Kornhauser and Marley Blonsky are on a mission - a mission to change the idea that people in larger bodies can't ride bikes. The duo aims to make cycling more inclusive, beyond just inviting people of all sizes to ride bikes, but by changing the entire idea of what it means to be a cyclist — not just on screens, but on trails and in people’s minds.

Sign The Show: Deaf Culture, Access and Entertainment is a feature-length documentary providing insight into Deaf culture and the quest for access to entertainment. It brings together entertainers, the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HOH) community, and American Sign Language interpreters to discuss accessibility at live performances in a humorous, heartfelt, and insightful way.

A depiction of New York’s subway as an absurd obstacle course – revealing a system that shuts many out of a city in motion.

The Ability Exchange is a documentary film that explores a university program that brings civil engineering students together with individuals with disabilities. Through the program, the students work closely with their partners to design and build custom-made assistive devices that improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. The film follows the journeys of several student-partner pairs as they collaborate, learn, and grow together. It highlights the positive impact of the program on both the students and the individuals with disabilities, showcasing the power of inclusion and innovation.

"Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into Maya-Ixil—5.5% of whom were killed during the armed conflict in the 1980s. Told from the perspective of Matilde Terraza, an emerging Ixil leader and the translation project’s coordinator, "Mother Tongue" illuminates the Ixil community’s ongoing work to preserve collective memory.

An intimate film made in collaboration with the filmmaker's family, Cabbage looks at the complexities of bodily autonomy within an ableist paradigm. Taking place in the months leading up to an international move from Canada back home to Ireland – a country they had to leave a decade prior due to severe cuts in disability services – the film focuses on her brother’s writings using eye tracking technology and her mother’s memories to explore how we shape a sense of self under the pervasive weight of unspoken assumptions and fixed definitions that get placed onto bodies. Dissecting layers of language, agency and power, the film is a subtle examination of how a human life is measured and valued.

The Invisible Subtitler is an independent documentary about the use of subtitles in cinema and the life of subtitlers themselves, focusing on the economic issues faced by the subtitlers and how they are currently invisible in the globalized business of the film industry.

Steve Saylor may be blind, but that doesn't stop him as he pushes to help make the video game industry more accessible, so everyone has the chance to experience the stories only games can offer.

The Biggest Obstacle is a thought-provoking documentary that sheds light on the struggles of individuals with disabilities in navigating the transportation system of New York City. Through powerful personal stories and gripping footage, the film highlights the daily obstacles faced by wheelchair users, the blind, the deaf, and others in a city where accessibility remains a pressing issue. It delves into the history of disability rights activism and showcases the fight for equal access to transportation services. Join us on this eye-opening journey as we witness the triumphs and challenges of those fighting for inclusivity and freedom of movement.