About this Short Film
Her Dreams and The Ability In Her Hands, by Tinnah Kumwenda (Malawi, 2025), explores themes of achievement, employment and inclusion through the lens of physical disability and everyday work. The short film places questions of perception and viewpoint at its core, inviting audiences to consider how society recognises skill and independence. It speaks to issues of business and the workplace, and to personal determination, without telling a single prescriptive story. Screened as part of the Focus on Ability International Short Film Festival, this film complements the programme’s celebration of the abilities and achievements of people with disability, offering a thoughtful, human portrait.
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Tinnah Kumwenda is the filmmaker behind this entry. See every Focus on Ability entry from Tinnah Kumwenda.
Great work. Nice one
Tina kumwenda it's my vote
I want to vote for Tinna kumwenda
This is so amazing.
This is so wonderful my dear TinnaBig up
Excellent script
Waaaw powerful
Excellent work Tina
This is nice keep it up
Mbambande. This is nice work
A great impact to the world of art
This is powerful and Encouraging to others
Great staff
This has really improve the lives of students
This is amazing Tinnah wo de pengyour keep it up the good work
Her Dreams and the Ability in Her Hands_ let's go Tin Tin kumwenda. Keep up the good work.
This is impressive work it is really a captivating story that really tells that disability is not inability.
Very interesting
Nice work Tinnah... The documentary can relay show the effort and dedication you applied to this work..
Wonderful work dear Tinna Kumwenda amazing story
Wow Excellent work Tinnah Kumwenda
So inspiring. Keep it up.
This is so inspiring a disability is a crisis a person can be born with and when a person grow with it with negative thoughts the person becames unable to adapt and create possibilities but if a person grows positive about it and is edger to change the situation the person becames so resourceful to an extent of doing better than people whom are just oky. Disability is not inability. Its a matter of cuttivating mind set change and awareness to such people. Great job tinna for starting this awareness campaign keep up the good work.
This is so inspiring documentary Tinnah Keep pushing the sky is not a limit
Well shot
Educative
This is encouraging. Keep it up Tinna. You are not only serving this generation even those yet to come. Your insight builds a world we desire.
Doing a wonderful job is a God sent.
This is great dear it will help to boost self esteem for people with disabilities it's a motivationgo ahead my dea
A concise and inspiring piece....big up
This is amazing
All the best
Go girl
This is nice
This is great indeed disability is not inability
Wow
This is nice documentary Big Up Tinnah Kumwenda