87 minutes / Color
English / English subtitles
Release: 2023
Born with no hip joints and short femurs, a condition so rare that there is little reliable information about it, Ella Glendining decides to go in search of people who can share their experience and feelings about having a body like hers. In doing so, she challenges lazy ableist assumptions, experiences a number of unexpected surprises and encounters people who look like her. With great warmth and an infectious joy for her body and life as it is, Glendining challenges us to question the way we see others, like and unlike ourselves. IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? is a revelatory film that gently tugs at the viewer’s biases and looks to a day when inclusivity is no longer an ‘issue.'
Glendining, Ella Bee (film director)
Glendining, Ella Bee (on-screen participant)
Marmot, Janine (film producer)
Cinematography, Annemarie Lean-Vercoe; editing, Claire Ferguson, Rachel Roberts; music, Erland Cooper.
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