Without Pity: A Film About Abilities

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| director = Michael Mierendorf

| producer = Michael Mierendorf

| executive_producer = Sheila Nevins

| narrated = Christopher Reeve

| writer = Michael Mierendorf

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| company = Michael Mierendorf Productions

| network = HBO

| released = {{Start date|1996|10|8}}

| runtime = 55 minutes

| country = United States

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Without Pity: A Film About Abilities is a 1996 American television documentary film narrated by Christopher Reeve. This documentary celebrates the efforts of those with disabilities to live full, productive lives. It originally premiered on HBO on October 8, 1996.

Summary

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.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uGUlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8qYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4463,2421529|title=Reeve Narrates 'Without Pity'|date=6 Oct 1996|work=Reading Eagle|page=TV2|access-date=29 October 2013}}

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

References

Category:American documentary television films

Category:Documentary films about people with disabilities

Category:HBO documentary films

Category:Works about cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes

Category:1996 documentary films

Category:1996 films

Category:Primetime Emmy Award–winning broadcasts

Category:1990s American films