Maite Alberdi’s _The Grown-Ups_ is a humanizing experience, drawing attention to the realities people who have Down syndrome and their community. Alberdi gives the characters the reins in provoking thought...

It has been over two years since an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. His body stayed on the ground in the middle of the street where...

_Dina_ follows a woman close to 50-years-old who is getting married for the second time. Dina and Scott both have mental disabilities (Scott has Asperger’s, while Dina’s issues are “like a smorgasbord,”...

Director Anna Zamecka truly outdid herself in her first documentary, _Communion_. The film begins by introducing the character Nikodem, an autistic boy, struggling to put on his belt for himself. He continues...

“Did I fall asleep?” The petite woman, who asked to be called Selma in the film, asked after being awakened by a boom from the construction outside. “I drop like that.” One minute she was talking...

_CORRECTION: A previous version of this article misstated the name of Barbara Dunmore Ford. The article also included a misinterpreted quote. When Barbara said “They weren’t wealthy. Their wealth was...

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Rats in Baltimore have a dilemma. “Norwegian rats can jump 32 inches high,” according to a voiceover in _Rat Film_. “Baltimore trash cans are 34.” The idea for the essay documentary came from...