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My Left Foot
Everyone talked about him like he wasn't in the room. Then he picked up the chalk. ✍️
Who it's for
Christy Brown spends his early childhood treated as if nothing is going on inside him, until he grabs a piece of chalk with his left foot and writes a word on the floor.
Angry→Empowered
Feelings it meets
What it is
Adapted from Christy Brown's memoir, the film tells the story of a man born with severe cerebral palsy into a large, poor family. As a child, he shows his family what he can do when he uses his left foot, the one limb he can control, to write with chalk on the floor. With his mother's steady encouragement, he takes up painting.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Brief suicidal thoughts and ableism.
Age: R (MPAA)
“Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all –Emily Dickinson, “Hope is the thing with feathers” (poem 314)
