Right Footed: A documentary about Filipina-American Jessica Cox, November 7th at International Village, Vancouver

October 19, 2015leocunanan 1,Metro Vancouver, Entertainment, Events0

Right Footed

Tagalog, English

Directed by Nick Spark

Nov 7: Program 5 – Force of Change: Doc Spot – Right Rooted / USA / 2015 / Documentary / 82 mins / Tagalog with English subtitles / Colour / Canada Premiere

Right Footed A documentary film about Jessica Cox follows the true story of a woman who was born without arms but overcame many physical and emotional challenges to become fully independent—learning to type with her toes and even fly an airplane with her feet! This amazing film, screening Saturday November 7th, shows the power of one person’s life story to effect large scale change. The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) asks “What’s your Role?” as it runs November 5-8 at International Village Cineplex Odeon Theatres, with 37 feature-length and short films of all genres from the Asian diaspora, with English dialogue or English subtitles.

Don’t miss this, buy your tickets now: http://vaff.org/2015/films/right-footed/

Previous Screening / Awards:

Mirabile Dictu Film Festival 2015, Portland Film Festival 2015, Cincinnati Film Festival 2015, Offshoot Film Festival 2015, Awareness Film Festival 2015, Newburyport Documentary Film Festival 2015, Hollywood Film Festival 2015, Catalina Film Festival 2015, New Jersey Film Festival 2015

Director’s Bio

Producer/Director Nick Spark is a documentary filmmaker with a longstanding passion for unconventional characters, particularly the oft-overlooked female heroine. He previous produced the documentary “The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club,” which won an Emmy and multiple festival awards in 2010.