Slamdance Unstoppable: On the Road

Complicated

USA | Various

July 6, 2025

A showcase of films made by filmmakers with visible and non-visible disabilities. Programmed exclusively by disabled artists, Slamdance Unstoppable: On the Road aims to eliminate the prejudices and gate-keeping that have historically kept disabled filmmakers from being represented in the entertainment industry.

  • Director: Various
  • Country: USA

Complicated

Complicated

Dir. Andrew Abrahams | 2025 | Content Warning | 85 min. | Documentary | USA

In a failing healthcare system, children with complex, invisible illness and their families are labeled “too complicated” or torn apart by accusations of medical child abuse.

SHORT FILMS

Take Me Home

Take Me Home

Dir. Liz Sargent | 2023 | No content warning | 16:50 | Drama | USA
Cast: Anna Sargent, Jeena Yi, Joan Sargent

After their mother’s death, a cognitively disabled woman and her estranged sister must learn to communicate in order to move forward.

View From The Floor

View From The Floor

Dir. Megan Griffiths & Mindie Lind | 2025 | No content warning | 5 min | Documentary/Animation
USA Cast: Mindie Lind

In pursuit of a life on stage, a singer without legs confronts exploitation and imposter syndrome as she chases her dreams.

Audio Description

Audio Description

Dir. Luke Salewski | 2024 | No content warning | 5:26 min | Comedy | USA
Cast: Lee Pugsley, Jonathan Regier, Adrean Barrios, Micaela Moss

After a lonely visually impaired man makes a wish on his birthday, he finds his world turned upside down by an unlikely encounter.

Iron Lung

Iron Lung

Dir.Andrew Reid | 2024 | No content warning | 12min |Thriller | USA
Cast: Tania Mejia, Veronica Falcon

When a storm knocks out the power to her iron lung, a polio survivor and her caretaker sister find themselves in a race against time to find a new way for her to breathe.

Working Differently

Working Differently

Dir. Hannah Currie | 2023 | No content warning | 25 min | Documentary | Scotland
Cast: Kate Hammer, Sarah Drummond, Jonathan Mullen, Jamie McKinley

Working Differently is a short film that explores how neurodivergent talent is reshaping Scotland’s film and TV industry, advocating for new practices that make creativity more inclusive and set a new industry standard.

Call The A.D.A.

Call The A.D.A.

Dir. Nicholas Paul Ybarra | 2024 l Not Content Warning l 5:30 min l Comedy l USA
Cast: Angel Giuffria, Gerald Isaac Waters, Eric Conner, Jarrett Sleeper

Two newly partnered federal agents investigating disability-related crimes make a shocking discovery.

POSSUM

POSSUM

Dir.Daisy Rosato | 2024 l Not Content Warning l 15 min l Horror, Comedy (Absurdist / Satire), Queer/LGBTQ l USA
Cast: Hannah Shealy, Michelle Davis, Misha Brooks, Sophie Sagan-Gutherz, Gilbert Diego Sanchez

When the leader of an artist residency kills the possum that’s been eating their cauliflower, the residents come to a shocking consensus.