By filmmakers Jamie Stobie and Janet Cole
©Richard Cox Productions
Freedom Machines is an unprecedented look at disability in the age of technology, presenting intimate stories of people ages 8-93, whose talents and independence are being unleashed by access to modern, enabling technologies. Nearly twenty years after the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, the film reflects on the gaps between its promise and the realities for our largest minority group 54,000,000 American with disabilities. Whether mainstream tools or extraordinary inventions such as stairclimbing wheelchairs, Freedom Machines reveals the power of technology to change lives.
“ARRESTING” Psychology Today
“REMARKABLE… FREEDOM MACHINES manages a near-perfect balance of compassion, humor, political insight, and deep admiration for the people it profiles… ***1/2” Video Librarian
“FREEDOM MACHINES is a remarkable film that will change forever the way you look at disability…” National Organization on Disability
Freedom Machines Credits (Read More)
- Producer/ Director: Jamie Stobie
- Executive Producer: Janet Cole
- Editor: Ken Schneider
- Director of Photography: Robert Elfstrom
- Co-Producer: Sharon Wood
- Senior Associate Producer: Betsy Bayha
- Narrator: Peter Dinklage
- Sound Design: James LeBrecht
- Writers: John Haptas & Jamie Stobie
- Project Director: Richard Cox
- Original Music: Todd Boekelheide & Evelyn Glennie
An Independent Television Service (ITVS) co-presentation.