Right Footed
| Right Footed | |
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| Directed by | Nick T. Spark |
| Produced by | Nick T. Spark, Lisa Yuchengco |
| Starring | Jessica Cox, Patrick Chamberlain |
| Music by | Nathan Halpern |
| Cinematography | Bill Megalos |
| Edited by | Susan Metzger |
| Distributed by | Nick Spark Productions LLC |
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Release date
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Nov. 1, 2016 |
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Running time
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82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Right Footed is a documentary about Jessica Cox directed by Nick T. Spark and produced by Nick T. Spark and Mona Lisa Yuchengco. Cox was born without arms but has learned to live a fulfilling life including getting married, earning two black belts and becoming the first person without arms to fly an airplane.
The film follows Cox as she begins new roles as a mentor and disability rights advocate. She visits both Ethiopia and the Philippines on behalf of Handicap International to help people with disabilities, and advocates for the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the US Senate. The film also follows her personal life as Cox is shown supporting her mother Inez as she battles cancer, beginning her married life with her husband Patrick Chamberlain, and mentoring children with disabiilties in the United States and abroad.
Right Footed was fiscally sponsored by the International Documentary Association and also affiliated with the Creative Visions Foundation, Handicap International USA and Filipino broadcaster ABS-CBN. Financial support for the film came primarily from individual donations. Two Indiegogo campaigns collected over $60,000.
Right Footed premiered at the 2015 Mirabile Dictu Film Festival, known as the "Catholic Academy Awards", at the Vatican City, Rome, where it won the "Best Documentary" honor. The 2015 EAA AirVenture airshow was the venue for the US premiere. The film has also been part of the official selection at over 50 other film festivals in the United States and Canada, Europe, Asia, and South America including:
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