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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 81 min.) |
Summary |
An astonishing documentary about a man who overcomes his disability one day at a time, Alan Govenar's new film reveals the extraordinary life of African immigrant Sidiki Conde. Sidiki lost the use of his legs to polio at age fourteen. Today, he balances his career as a performing artist with the almost insurmountable obstacles of day-to-day life in New York City. From his fifth-floor walk-up apartment, he traverses down the stairs on his hands and then navigates in his wheelchair through the sidewalks of Manhattan onto buses and into the subway. Despite his disability, he manages to teach workshops for disabled kids, busk on the street, rehearse with his band, bicycle with his hands, and attend a naming ceremony, where he plays djembe drums, sings, and dances on his hands ... proving to all You don't need feet to dance |
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Title from title frames |
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Originally produced by First Run Features in 2012 |
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Conde, Sidiki
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Entertainers -- New York (State) -- New York
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People with disabilities -- New York (State) -- New York
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Documentary films -- New York
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Documentary films.
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Entertainers.
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People with disabilities.
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Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80118393
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New York (State) -- New York.
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New York (State) -- New York -- Manhattan.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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Author |
Govenar, Alan B., 1952- film director.
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