A grieving woman lies on her bed in a very beige studio apartment. A dated clock radio wails at her and gives her the inspiration she needs to get up. As she moves through her morning ritual, we discover she's afraid to leave her house, and has built a community from the inanimate objects in her home. The coffeemaker and the lamp keep her company in an isolated world. Then the doorbell rings. It's her daily food order, delivered by someone new...A big hug of a man who lights up her whole heart. After he leaves, she is gripped with fear: what if he doesn't bring her delivery again? She is faced with the choice to let him leave her life forever or walk through her sadness into the real world.

RENEGADES is a series of documentary shorts showcasing the lives of diverse, lesser-known historical figures with disabilities, exploring not only their impact on and contributions to U.S. society, but also the concept of disability culture, which honors the uniqueness of disability. Hosted and narrated by the musician and disability rights advocate Lachi, who is blind, and created and produced by a team of D/deaf and disabled filmmakers, the series is designed to increase public knowledge of disability history, and encourage cross-cultural understanding between non-disabled people and those with disabilities – who make up more than 1 in 4 adults in America today.

Born with with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, a condition that made her limbs unusable, Celestine Tate Harrington (1955-1998) was a street performer in downtown Philadelphia and on the Atlantic City boardwalk in the 1980s and 1990s who impressed audiences with her skill at playing the electric keyboard with her tongue. In 1975, when the Philadelphia Department of Public Welfare attempted to take away her infant daughter, claiming that Harrington was physically incapable of caring for a child, she successfully defended her right to parent. In the courtroom, Tate Harrington demonstrated her skills – dressing and undressing her daughter, and changing her diaper, using only her lips, teeth, and tongue – and retained custody.

In Celestine Tate HarringtonL Building a Legacy, RENEGADES explores how Tate Harrington’s fight to be a mother and earn an independent living was a revolutionary act, in the face of laws that cite disability as grounds for termination of parental rights to this day.

Inspired by true events, Finding Pá is about a son sitting across from the man who hurt him most, his father, and realizing forgiveness isn’t simple, but sometimes, it’s the only way forward.

Miguel has lived most of his life with an empty space where his father should have been. When that father suddenly calls after decades apart, Miguel is torn between the anger he’s carried since childhood and the small hope for closure. Finding Pá unfolds in the quiet moments between them, the memories of what was lost, fragile laughter, and the weight of forgiveness. It’s a story about fathers and sons, about Puerto Rican roots, and about the complicated love that lingers even after years of absence.

A terminally ill Vietnam veteran finds solace and purpose in rescuing an abused dog no one else wanted, rediscovering the meaning of life and the profound power of companionship.

At its core, this film is about two wounded souls: a Vietnam veteran carrying the invisible scars of war, and the loss of his wife and an abused dog who has lost her trust in the world. Alone, each is broken. Together, they become whole.

After surviving a tragic act of violence, Arlington retreats to a remote cabin in Vermont, hoping to disappear into the quiet. His reclusive neighbor Owen carries his own unspoken grief, and their uneasy connection begins to blur the line between refuge and reckoning. As winter closes in, the two men are forced to confront the weight of what they’ve lost—and what it might take to return to the world. Arlington is a stark, intimate drama about trauma, guilt, and the fragile possibility of healing between strangers.

At 8:38 PM, May wakes up in a room with no memory of how she got there. Given one lifeline call, she must piece together the truth before time runs out, but is the voice on the other end trying to save her, or seal her fate? It only takes about 8 minutes to uncover everything.

Left alone with his non-verbal daughter for the weekend, a father’s fears about her autism give way to joy when her song teaches him how to truly hear her.

Exonerated after being accused of killing her baby, a woman returns home with a newborn, hoping for a fresh start. But the trauma of the past lingers, and her husband’s wavering trust threatens their marriage. As she battles postpartum depression in silence, the film explores how fear and a judgmental society can prevent someone from receiving the help they need.

Two women living with disabilities in Mexico face challenges, yet find ways to love and care for each other.