About this Short Film
Disability not Inability, by Angella Khumbanyiwa (Malawi, 2019), joins our Focus on Ability International Short Film Festival lineup. The short examines themes of childhood, individual goals, motivation and how we view ability. It offers a personal viewpoint on school life and everyday challenges, including mobility and the presence of a wheelchair, without prescribing a single message. Shot from a close, human perspective, the film encourages audiences to rethink assumptions about what people can achieve. It is a quietly persuasive piece that sits comfortably with the festival's aim to showcase the abilities, experiences and achievements of people with disability. A thoughtful, human portrait that invites conversation long after the credits roll.
Film Details
Film Transcript
Happiness Musa, the 21 year old young lady who was born physically challenged, is a product of the Children with Disabilities and Open Care facility. They take care of children with disabilities and orphans.
Having difficulties in mobility made it difficult for Happiness to enrol for primary school. Being a smart kid she skipped the first two classes, but that did not guarantee a smooth road for her.
Despite the challenges, Happiness forged ahead. She is now in form four in the primary. "I'm kind of wisdom for asean-us Rihanna endoscopes must cool DJ. You gotta do that. They will know got mattress. Happy down below I have what I would invest in my lungs. Endocrinology control my gentle Knight returns versus I'm only door wouldn't open."
Apart from going to school, Happiness is an upstanding knee turn, but lack of resources at the facility makes it hard for her.
Overlooking high challenges, Happiness dreams of becoming a lawyer and two parents who love their challenged children into happiness. There's one in a guarana.
Filmmaker
Angella Khumbanyiwa is the filmmaker behind this entry. See every Focus on Ability entry from Angella Khumbanyiwa.
