Two movies I've seen this week - very much at opposite ends of the spectrum, both in tone and treatment of disability. Both films are available at Netflix.
The Color of Paradise (1999)
In this award winning 1999 film from Iran, a blind boy's father is unable to see what his son can do, and rejects him repeatedly, leading to a tragic end.
The film juxtaposes scenes showing what the child can do with those where his father leads him around, treating him as an object and - worse yet - an obstacle to his own dreams. Reviews of this film range from low for its moralistic ending to high for its beautiful filming.
Killer Diller (2006)
A movie about a youth in a halfway house who befriends a young man with autism and recruits him to play in the halfway house's gospel group. Few inroads here dealing with assumptions about disability.
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