I'll Find a Way
I'll Find a Way is a Canadian documentary short film by the director Beverly Shaffer from 1977. He was awarded an Oscar.
Action
The film is about the nine -year-old Nadia DeFranco, who suffers from spina bifida and can only move on crutches. He accompanies her for a week and shows how they overcome their daily lives at school and the family.
Background
The film is one of the National Film Board of Canada ( NFB) produced direct cinema documentary series Children of Canada, the consequences of which portray Canadian children in different circumstances. It was shot in color on 16mm. Location was Toronto. The premiere took place on December 6, 1999 at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival.
1999 Beverly Shaffer produced the sequel Just a Wedding in which Nadia DeFranco marries a man whom she met on the Internet. In contrast to I'll Find a Way therein are also reconstructed scenes before.
Review
Thomas Waugh, Professor of Film Studies at Concordia University, discussed I'll Find a Way 1978 in Cinema Canada. First, he criticized on the one hand the " hype ", the publicity department of the NFB have done to the main character after the Oscar ceremony, the other is the long-standing Ignore good documentary films from his studio by the AMPAS. He judges, however, " the Oscar could not have happened to a nicer movie " ( German: The Oscar could have no finer film happen. ) And praises the restraint and intelligence of the film and Shaffer, which avoids sentimentality despite the emotional topic. In particular, he emphasizes the performance Nadia DeFrancos, from whose perspective the story of the film with confidence and without self-pity is told. He compares I'll Find a Way with the also Oscar-winning documentary short film Thursday's Children.