I'll Find a Way

{{short description|1977 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = I'll Find a Way

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| director = Beverly Shaffer

| producer = Beverly Shaffer
Yuki Yoshida

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| starring = Nadia DeFranco

| music = Larry Crosley

| cinematography = Nesya Blue

| editing = Ginny Stikeman

| distributor = National Film Board of Canada

| released = {{film date|1977}}

| runtime = 26 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English

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I'll Find a Way is a 1977 Canadian short documentary film directed by Beverly Shaffer about nine-year-old Nadia DeFranco, who has spina bifida. Produced by Studio D, the women's unit of the National Film Board of Canada, the film won an Oscar in 1978 for Best Live Action Short Film.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/299687/I-ll-Find-a-Way/details |title=New York Times: I'll Find a Way |access-date=May 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714044726/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/299687/I-ll-Find-a-Way/details |archive-date=July 14, 2010 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2010 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978 |title=The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners |access-date=June 12, 2019|work=oscars.org|date=October 5, 2014 }}

''Just a Wedding''

In 1999, Shaffer completed Just a Wedding, a sequel to I'll Find a Way, revisiting DeFranco as she prepares to get married.{{cite web|url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=33859|title=Just a Wedding|last=Shaffer|first=Beverly|year=1999|work=National Film Board of Canada Web site|access-date=May 28, 2009}}

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