About this Short Film
Overcoming the Odds is a 2020 short from Mission Heights Junior College in New Zealand. It offers a hopeful look at achievement and trying against barriers. The film highlights themes of deafness and sensory disability, including lip reading and communication, and touches on school life, employment and adult perspectives. Gardening and the idea of care and growth feature among its themes. Short and uplifting, it sits within the Focus on Ability festival, which celebrates the abilities, experiences and achievements of people with disability. A gentle, human portrait, it invites audiences to notice resilience and the small victories that matter.
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