I'll Find a Way
Appearance
I'll Find a Way | |
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Directed by | Beverly Shaffer |
Produced by | Beverly Shaffer Yuki Yoshida |
Starring | Nadia DeFranco |
Cinematography | Nesya Blue |
Edited by | Ginny Stikeman |
Music by | Larry Crosley |
Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
Release date |
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Running time | 26 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
I'll Find a Way is a 1977 Canadian short documentary film directed by Beverly Shaffer about nine-year-old Nadia DeFranco, who has spina bifida. Produced by Studio D, the women's unit of the National Film Board of Canada, the film won an Oscar in 1978 for Best Live Action Short Film.[1][2]
Just a Wedding
[edit]In 1999, Shaffer completed Just a Wedding, a sequel to I'll Find a Way, revisiting DeFranco as she prepares to get married.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "New York Times: I'll Find a Way". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2010. Archived from the original on July 14, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
- ^ "The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. October 5, 2014. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
- ^ Shaffer, Beverly (1999). "Just a Wedding". National Film Board of Canada Web site. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
External links
[edit]- I'll Find a Way at IMDb
- Watch I'll Find a Way on the NFB website
Categories:
- 1977 films
- 1977 documentary films
- Canadian independent films
- Canadian short documentary films
- Documentary films about children with disabilities
- English-language Canadian films
- Films directed by Beverly Shaffer
- Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners
- National Film Board of Canada documentaries
- National Film Board of Canada short films
- 1970s English-language films
- 1970s Canadian films
- English-language short documentary films
- 1970s Canadian film stubs
- 1970s documentary film stubs
- Canadian documentary film stubs
- Biographical documentary film stubs