About this Short Film
Story of Gibson: Disability is not Inability (Dorothy Mapira, Malawi, 2021) is a short film that invites reflection on achievement, inclusion and perception in the context of disability. Rather than offering a tidy narrative, it presents moments that prompt us to rethink assumptions about physical limitation, education and motivation. The film is sensitive in tone and direct in focus, showing how individual experience can shift public viewpoints. Screened as part of the Focus on Ability International Short Film Festival, it sits within a programme that celebrates the abilities and accomplishments of people with disability. Recommended for audiences interested in disability, access and social change.
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Film Transcript
Later on I found my comfort through the weight of God people shared with me, but also through my family. My family embraced the fact that I have lost my leg and they kept encouraging me. The doctors told me I would never do well in class because I took too many, many medications. I found God and I was selected to go to African Bible College. What people said was a little different to what I achieved at the end because I was heist in class of 2020.
John C. Maxwell said, "A leader is the one who has gone through the way, knows the way and shows the way."
Going through disability led me to start an organisation which is known as Association for Children and the Other Development. Our main focus is to inspire the breakthrough in which people treat more, especially children and with disabilities. Also, people with disabilities are people with different abilities. There are people who can do things that any regular person can do, so we are able to do anything, anything, and that's what I have discovered and that's what we preach as a set. I thank God that through this disability I've been able to see ability out of myself, and that can also be seen in any person with disabilities. Even those people with a disability, they should be able to feel that having a disability is not—it's not a tool for them to use, in fact, but it should be something that will motivate them to show.
Gibson, to me, is what I would call a resurrected life. To prove that is that when he came to ABC, to African Bible, he was able to perform, to outstand everyone. Actually, he was being graduated from our class. It is actually very possible to have a physical disability and not have a mental disability. And together we say everyone is ever.
Filmmaker
Dorothy Mapira is the filmmaker behind this entry. See every Focus on Ability entry from Dorothy Mapira.
Its nice to be in Long relationship like this . I salute u
Beautiful and powerful and amazing
This is very inspiring
Gibson u r such hard working guy keep it u were frieend at mbomba secondary school till now ur afriend u r humble love and kind keep it may God give u long life
Amazing and inspiring
Gibson has challenge many life's
Gibson is a great inspiration to many. He proves that with a disability there abilities that can be showcased. Physical disability is indeed not a mental disability
Show the world that its able despite what people say it is not able with disability
Personally i have known Gibson as an achiever from the ground
This is so inspiring Gilbert I wish there was a way many of the physically challenge d could get this.
Your so Amazing Gibson continue to work hard and may God be with you all the time.
Gibson we thank God for you you are an inspiration to everybody
May God bless u Gibson and continue using u as a bridge to many
God is with you Gibs continue the good heart you have. It's a blessing to have you
Gibson you are a real ambassador of mindset change on disability as you have been to both sides of life. God with you Gibson and the people you serve
We thank God for your life Gibson....you are really an inspiration
You are an inspiration to many Gibson