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Genre/Form: | Sports films Documentary films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Documentary |
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Named Person: | Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah; Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah; Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah |
Material Type: | Videorecording |
Document Type: | Visual material |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah; Lisa Lax; Nancy Stern; Elizabeth Massie; Oprah Winfrey; Lookalike Productions.; First Look Home Entertainment. |
ISBN: | 1592416446 9781592416448 |
OCLC Number: | 62314621 |
Language Note: | In English with optional Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Notes: | Originally produced as a documentary in 2005. Special features: About Lookalike Productions [text feature]; Emmanuel's U.S. grade school educational tour [text feature]; Educational tour photo montage (2 min.); Filmmaker Nancy Stern (1 min.); Filmmaker Lisa Lax (7 min.); Challenged Athletes Foundation [text feature]; Previews. |
Credits: | Director of photography, Samson Chan ; edited by April Wilson, Meredith Paige ; music by Jeff Beal ; translated by Yvonne Marfo. |
Performer(s): | Narrated by Oprah Winfrey; with Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, Bob Babbit, Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, Jeffrey Essakow, Paul O'Keeffe, Sam Aidoo, Kwame Mubarak, Gordon Adoboe, Christine Churcher, Jim MacLaren, Christopher Jobe, Michael Jackson, Rudy Garcia-Tolson, Tabi King, Nana Dr. Ott Boateng, Dickson Kwajo Ofosu, Sarah Abbey, Gladys Abbey, Yaw Barimah, George Amofah, Charles Appiagyei, Osmond Annum, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin. |
Target Audience: | MPAA Rating: Rated G. |
Description: | 1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Details: | DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. |
Contents: | Opening credits -- His own vision -- Standing alone -- Thinking big picture -- Overcoming adversity -- Braving surgery -- Bigger things to do -- Hero's welcome -- Making amends -- Political action -- Emmanuel's impact -- Ending credits. |
Responsibility: | First Look International ; Lookalike presents ; a film by Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern ; directed & produced by Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern ; written by Elizabeth Massie, Lisa Lax, Nancy Stern. |
Abstract:
Ghana is not a good place to have a disability--parents either poison their disabled children, or leave them to die in the forest--it's called "seeing off." At best, the disabled are expected to be beggars. Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah was born with one deformed leg, which led his father to abandon his mother. Until her early death, she championed her son, enrolling him in school and taking him to various doctors searching for a cure. Her encouragement proved long lasting, as this documentary tells how Emmanuel became a successful amputee athlete. Today, he works to bring political and social change to Ghana's disabled.
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