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Sicko is a 2007 documentary film by American film maker Michael Moore. The film investigates the American health care system, focusing on its health insurance and pharmaceutical industry. The film compares the for-profit, non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba.

Sicko opened to positive reviews, but also generated criticism and controversy. Some policy specialists have praised the film while others have criticized the film for its positive portrayal of the publicly funded health systems of Canada, the United Kingdom and Cuba, and for its negative portrayal of the health care system in the United States.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicko

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Sicko is a 2007 documentary film by American film maker Michael Moore. The film investigates the American health care system, focusing on its health insurance and pharmaceutical industry. The film compares the for-profit, non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba.

Sicko opened to positive reviews, but also generated criticism and controversy. Some policy specialists have praised the film while others have criticized the film for its positive portrayal of the publicly funded health systems of Canada, the United Kingdom and Cuba, and for its negative portrayal of the health care system in the United States.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicko

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Duet for One (1986) is a film based on an award-winning British play by Tom Kempinski about a world-famous concert violinist named Stephanie Anderson who is suddenly struck with multiple sclerosis. It is set in London and directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. The story is loosely based on the life of cellist Jacqueline du Pré, who was diagnosed with MS, and her husband, conductor Daniel Barenboim.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duet_for_One

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Duet for One (1986) is a film based on an award-winning British play by Tom Kempinski about a world-famous concert violinist named Stephanie Anderson who is suddenly struck with multiple sclerosis. It is set in London and directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. The story is loosely based on the life of cellist Jacqueline du Pré, who was diagnosed with MS, and her husband, conductor Daniel Barenboim.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duet_for_One

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Sokhout - The Silence (1998)
  From one of Iran's most celebrated filmmakers, comes The Silence, a hypnotic symphony of visual and aural rhythms. The Silence follows the life of Khorshid, a blind, 10-year old boy who experiences the w orld through sound. Living with his mother in a small village in Tajikistan, Khorshid earns money turning musical instruments. Nadereh, the beautiful young protégée of the instrument maker for whom Khorshid works, acts as his eyes, fetching him every day at the bus stop and leading him through the streets to his destination. Sometimes on the way, a conversation or melody attracts Khorshid's attention and he loses himself in the compelling harmonies of the city and everyday life. About to lose his job and his home, Khorshid creates a world where he can be happy; where hypnotic sounds and the music of the world shows him how to experience life.

Source: http://sharereactor.com/release/7866-sokhout-the-silence-1998.htm

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Sokhout - The Silence (1998)
  From one of Iran's most celebrated filmmakers, comes The Silence, a hypnotic symphony of visual and aural rhythms. The Silence follows the life of Khorshid, a blind, 10-year old boy who experiences the w orld through sound. Living with his mother in a small village in Tajikistan, Khorshid earns money turning musical instruments. Nadereh, the beautiful young protégée of the instrument maker for whom Khorshid works, acts as his eyes, fetching him every day at the bus stop and leading him through the streets to his destination. Sometimes on the way, a conversation or melody attracts Khorshid's attention and he loses himself in the compelling harmonies of the city and everyday life. About to lose his job and his home, Khorshid creates a world where he can be happy; where hypnotic sounds and the music of the world shows him how to experience life.

Source: http://sharereactor.com/release/7866-sokhout-the-silence-1998.htm

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Any movie about a cerebral palsy victim who learns to pilot a plane, hang-glide and win the heart of a woman -- all in 90 minutes' playing time -- would seem to be asking for ridicule. And though the outlines of "Cloud Cuckoo Land" recycle most of TV's lamentable if-he-can-do-it-so-can-you formula, director-co-writer Matt Dickinson makes sure his widescreen pic is made of sterner stuff, with easy sentiments mostly drained away. This adventure tale is prime for theatrical distribs able to nurture unique films; vid and small-screen route would rob the work of much of its visual impact.

Source: http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117925791.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0

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Any movie about a cerebral palsy victim who learns to pilot a plane, hang-glide and win the heart of a woman -- all in 90 minutes' playing time -- would seem to be asking for ridicule. And though the outlines of "Cloud Cuckoo Land" recycle most of TV's lamentable if-he-can-do-it-so-can-you formula, director-co-writer Matt Dickinson makes sure his widescreen pic is made of sterner stuff, with easy sentiments mostly drained away. This adventure tale is prime for theatrical distribs able to nurture unique films; vid and small-screen route would rob the work of much of its visual impact.

Source: http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117925791.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0

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Cactus
Colo (Isabelle Huppert) has come to Australia from France to stay with family friends, after the failure of her marriage. Tom (Norman Kaye) and his wife Beatrice (Monica Maughan) own a big house with a beautiful garden in the foothills outside Melbourne. Driving back from sightseeing with Tom, Colo crashes his car. She loses the sight in her left eye and that threatens the vision in her right eye. The specialist advises that the left eye must be removed, or she could go completely blind.

Source: http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/cactus/

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Cactus
Colo (Isabelle Huppert) has come to Australia from France to stay with family friends, after the failure of her marriage. Tom (Norman Kaye) and his wife Beatrice (Monica Maughan) own a big house with a beautiful garden in the foothills outside Melbourne. Driving back from sightseeing with Tom, Colo crashes his car. She loses the sight in her left eye and that threatens the vision in her right eye. The specialist advises that the left eye must be removed, or she could go completely blind.

Source: http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/cactus/

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Autism: The Musical
This film blends everything you ever could imagine about a documentary feature. It makes you laugh one second and cry the next. As serious as the subject matter is, it leaves you feeling inspired and wanting to make a difference.

The approach to autism is comprehensive and educates you about its challenges in numerous ways. I couldn't possibly recommend this movie at a higher level. It's simply awesome.

Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481580/

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Autism: The Musical
This film blends everything you ever could imagine about a documentary feature. It makes you laugh one second and cry the next. As serious as the subject matter is, it leaves you feeling inspired and wanting to make a difference.

The approach to autism is comprehensive and educates you about its challenges in numerous ways. I couldn't possibly recommend this movie at a higher level. It's simply awesome.

Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481580/

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Never Fear is a 1949 American film about a dancer who finds herself dealing with polio, a potentially debilitating illness. The film's screenplay was co-written by Ida Lupino, who also directed the film, and Collier Young.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Fear

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Never Fear is a 1949 American film about a dancer who finds herself dealing with polio, a potentially debilitating illness. The film's screenplay was co-written by Ida Lupino, who also directed the film, and Collier Young.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Fear

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Fighting for Life is a powerful, sobering and emotional feature documentary portrait of American military medicine interweaving three stories:

Military doctors, nurses and medics, working with skill, compassion and dedication amidst the vortex of the Iraq War.
Wounded soldiers and marines reacting with courage, dignity and determination to survive and to heal.  
Students at USU, the “West Point” of military medicine, on their journey toward becoming career military physicians.
The film follows 21 year-old Army Specialist Crystal Davis, from Iraq to Germany to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC, as she fights to recover and “bounce back” from the loss of a leg.

The filmmakers had extraordinary access to combat support hospitals in Iraq, medevac flights with wounded soldiers, and military hospitals in Germany and the United States.  

Source: http://www.fightingforlifethemovie.com/synopsis.html

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Fighting for Life is a powerful, sobering and emotional feature documentary portrait of American military medicine interweaving three stories:

Military doctors, nurses and medics, working with skill, compassion and dedication amidst the vortex of the Iraq War.
Wounded soldiers and marines reacting with courage, dignity and determination to survive and to heal.  
Students at USU, the “West Point” of military medicine, on their journey toward becoming career military physicians.
The film follows 21 year-old Army Specialist Crystal Davis, from Iraq to Germany to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC, as she fights to recover and “bounce back” from the loss of a leg.

The filmmakers had extraordinary access to combat support hospitals in Iraq, medevac flights with wounded soldiers, and military hospitals in Germany and the United States.  

Source: http://www.fightingforlifethemovie.com/synopsis.html

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Touched by Love (also called To Elvis, with Love) is a 1980 drama film about a therapist who tries a novel approach with a girl afflicted with cerebral palsy; she has her charge become a pen pal with the girl's favorite singer, Elvis Presley. The film was based on the real-life reminiscences of Lena Canada.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touched_by_Love

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Touched by Love (also called To Elvis, with Love) is a 1980 drama film about a therapist who tries a novel approach with a girl afflicted with cerebral palsy; she has her charge become a pen pal with the girl's favorite singer, Elvis Presley. The film was based on the real-life reminiscences of Lena Canada.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touched_by_Love

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Wrongfully Accused is a 1998 comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen as Ryan Harrison, a violinist who has been framed for murder by a one-armed, one-legged, one-eyed man. The film was written, produced, and directed by Pat Proft. The film is a parody of the 1993 film The Fugitive as well as other films starring Harrison Ford.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrongfully_Accused

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Wrongfully Accused is a 1998 comedy film starring Leslie Nielsen as Ryan Harrison, a violinist who has been framed for murder by a one-armed, one-legged, one-eyed man. The film was written, produced, and directed by Pat Proft. The film is a parody of the 1993 film The Fugitive as well as other films starring Harrison Ford.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrongfully_Accused

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King Gimp, Academy Award® Winner

The short documentary King Gimp follows Dan Keplinger from age 13 until his graduation from college, documenting the struggle of an individual with a disability to enter the mainstream and the birth of an artist. King Gimp is exclusely distributed by Video Press, as well as two follow-up programs: The King's Miracle and The King of Arts. A school version of King Gimp is also available with adult rated language removed.


Source: http://www.videopress.umaryland.edu/King_Gimp.html

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King Gimp, Academy Award® Winner

The short documentary King Gimp follows Dan Keplinger from age 13 until his graduation from college, documenting the struggle of an individual with a disability to enter the mainstream and the birth of an artist. King Gimp is exclusely distributed by Video Press, as well as two follow-up programs: The King's Miracle and The King of Arts. A school version of King Gimp is also available with adult rated language removed.


Source: http://www.videopress.umaryland.edu/King_Gimp.html

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Sometimes dismissed as a derivation of Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives, RKO Radio's superb Till the End of Time was actually based on Niven Busch's novel They Dream of Home, and was completed and released several months before the Goldwyn film. The story concentrates on three ex-marines: Cliff Harper (Guy Madison), Bill Tabeshaw (Robert Mitchum) and Perry Kincheloe (Bill Williams). Harper falls in love with emotionally distraught war widow Pat Ruscomb (Dorothy McGuire); Tabeshaw endures one disappointment after another as he tries to buy his own ranch; and Kincheloe, rendered legless by the war, intends to spend the rest of his life wallowing in self-pity. All three men find a new lease on life when they engage in a cathartic barroom brawl against a bigoted group of self-styled patriots led by hate-spouting Ray Teal (forever typecast as rabid racists during the postwar years).

Source: http://www.allmovie.com/work/49966

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Sometimes dismissed as a derivation of Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives, RKO Radio's superb Till the End of Time was actually based on Niven Busch's novel They Dream of Home, and was completed and released several months before the Goldwyn film. The story concentrates on three ex-marines: Cliff Harper (Guy Madison), Bill Tabeshaw (Robert Mitchum) and Perry Kincheloe (Bill Williams). Harper falls in love with emotionally distraught war widow Pat Ruscomb (Dorothy McGuire); Tabeshaw endures one disappointment after another as he tries to buy his own ranch; and Kincheloe, rendered legless by the war, intends to spend the rest of his life wallowing in self-pity. All three men find a new lease on life when they engage in a cathartic barroom brawl against a bigoted group of self-styled patriots led by hate-spouting Ray Teal (forever typecast as rabid racists during the postwar years).

Source: http://www.allmovie.com/work/49966

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The Collector of Bedford Street


The Collector of Bedford Street is an award-winning documentary about director Alice Elliott's neighbor, Larry Selman, a community activist and fundraiser who has an intellectual disability. When Larry? primary caregiver becomes unable to care for him, his New York City neighborhood community rallies together to protect his independent lifestyle by establishing an adult trust fund in his behalf. The Collector of Bedford Street has screened at more than 70 film festivals around the world and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Source: http://www.thecollectorofbedfordstreet.com/

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The Collector of Bedford Street


The Collector of Bedford Street is an award-winning documentary about director Alice Elliott's neighbor, Larry Selman, a community activist and fundraiser who has an intellectual disability. When Larry? primary caregiver becomes unable to care for him, his New York City neighborhood community rallies together to protect his independent lifestyle by establishing an adult trust fund in his behalf. The Collector of Bedford Street has screened at more than 70 film festivals around the world and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Source: http://www.thecollectorofbedfordstreet.com/

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Aankhen (Hindi: eyes) is a 2002 Bollywood movie by Vipul Amrutlal Shah; starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Paresh Rawal and Sushmita Sen. The film was nominated for two Filmfare Awards (Best Supporting Actor for Bachchan and Best Comic Actor for Rawal) and three Star Screen Awards (Best Film, Best Comic Actor for Rawal, and Best Negative Actor for Bachchan).

Aankhen is a heist movie based on a Gujarati play 'Andhalo Pato' revolving around a bank robbery committed by three blind men. An obsessive temperamental bank manager (Amitabh Bachchan) loses his job after a shocking and brutal attack on a bank clerk who tried to embezzle money. Angered at losing his job he plots revenge on the bank by intending to stage a heist. He decides to employ three blind men, Vishwas (Akshay Kumar), Ilyaas (Paresh Rawal) and Arjun (Arjun Rampal)when after passing by a blind school he understands that blind people can be trained to do things like normal people and enlists the help of Neha (Sushmita Sen) who is a teacher of the blind school to train the trio to do the seemingly impossible heist.He chose blind people because the robbery would be never caught as no one would believe blind people can do so.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aankhen_(2002_film)

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Aankhen (Hindi: eyes) is a 2002 Bollywood movie by Vipul Amrutlal Shah; starring Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Paresh Rawal and Sushmita Sen. The film was nominated for two Filmfare Awards (Best Supporting Actor for Bachchan and Best Comic Actor for Rawal) and three Star Screen Awards (Best Film, Best Comic Actor for Rawal, and Best Negative Actor for Bachchan).

Aankhen is a heist movie based on a Gujarati play 'Andhalo Pato' revolving around a bank robbery committed by three blind men. An obsessive temperamental bank manager (Amitabh Bachchan) loses his job after a shocking and brutal attack on a bank clerk who tried to embezzle money. Angered at losing his job he plots revenge on the bank by intending to stage a heist. He decides to employ three blind men, Vishwas (Akshay Kumar), Ilyaas (Paresh Rawal) and Arjun (Arjun Rampal)when after passing by a blind school he understands that blind people can be trained to do things like normal people and enlists the help of Neha (Sushmita Sen) who is a teacher of the blind school to train the trio to do the seemingly impossible heist.He chose blind people because the robbery would be never caught as no one would believe blind people can do so.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aankhen_(2002_film)

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My Flesh and Blood is a 2003 documentary film by Jonathan Karsh chronicling a year in the life of the Tom family. The Tom family is notable as the mother, Susan, adopted eleven children, most of whom had serious disabilities or diseases. The film itself is notable for handling the sensitive subject matter in an unsentimental way that is more uplifting than one might expect. It was nominated for and won several awards, including the Audience Award and the Director's Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Flesh_and_Blood_(film)

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My Flesh and Blood is a 2003 documentary film by Jonathan Karsh chronicling a year in the life of the Tom family. The Tom family is notable as the mother, Susan, adopted eleven children, most of whom had serious disabilities or diseases. The film itself is notable for handling the sensitive subject matter in an unsentimental way that is more uplifting than one might expect. It was nominated for and won several awards, including the Audience Award and the Director's Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Flesh_and_Blood_(film)

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