Without Pity: A Film About Abilities

Without Pity: A Film About Abilities is an HBO film narrated by Christopher Reeve. This documentary celebrates the efforts of the disabled to live full, productive lives.

The viewers meet a cross section of Americans in the film. A young woman with cerebral palsy who cares for her baby, while a man with cerebral palsy lives successfully on his own after 40 years in a Colorado institution. The film takes a trip to school with a remarkable 6-year-old boy without arms or legs, visits the workplace of a blind computer expert, and meets a professor with polio who teaches the history of discrimination against people with disabilities. A young man recently made paraplegic discusses his daily battle with depression and his determination and motivation to overcome it and get on with his life.[1]

This movie applauds the resilience and potential of people with disabilities and their need to be determined to be self-sufficient.

References

  1. ↑ "Reeve Narrates 'Without Pity'". Reading Eagle. 6 Oct 1996. p. TV2. Retrieved 29 October 2013.


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