The Ability Exchange

Name: The Ability Exchange
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-09-10
Duration: 1 h 15 min
Rating: 8.7

2016
1h 15m

IMDb RATING

8.7/10

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Documentary

"The Ability Exchange" is a documentary about an innovative Disability Studies class at NYU Tandon where engineering students and adults with cerebral palsy learn to communicate, connect, an... Read all"The Ability Exchange" is a documentary about an innovative Disability Studies class at NYU Tandon where engineering students and adults with cerebral palsy learn to communicate, connect, and cultivate their abilities by making movies."The Ability Exchange" is a documentary about an innovative Disability Studies class at NYU Tandon where engineering students and adults with cerebral palsy learn to communicate, connect, and cultivate their abilities by making movies.

Director
- Bing Wang
Writer
- Bing Wang

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IMDb RATING

8.7/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Bing Wang
Writer
- Bing Wang

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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About 56.7 million people-19 percent of the U.S. population-had a disability in 2010. However, characters with disabilities are "invisible" on major broadcast networks. Of 647 regular characters who appear on scripted prime-time television, only five (less than 1%) have disabilities, and these roles are generally played by actors without physical disabilities. The disability community needs the unique, accurate and compelling perspectives of people with disabilities (PwDs) on media.

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10/10

A phenomenal movie

This is a phenomenal movie about an extremely important subject. The Ability Exchange shows an innovative teacher working with engineering students, exposing them to people with disabilities in order to help them understand that all people are human beings in an attempt to break through barriers. Through the course of the movie you see how these students change in their understanding of people who are "different" from them. The movie is moving without being sentimental. It shows real people , with real emotions and experiences.

The director has done an incredible job of allowing all the people to speak for themselves. The movie is beautifully edited, music is subtle and moving and all in all a masterpiece in filmmaking.