Blue but still Golden, by Matthew WF Wells (Australia, 2023), is a short film that reflects on achievement, employment and inclusion through the lens of medical disability. It explores individual experiences around motivation, speech and the challenges of being undiagnosed, and acknowledges mobility issues suggested by a wheelchair. Rather than presenting a single narrative, the film offers moments of honesty and quiet determination. Screened in the Focus on Ability International Short Film Festival, it complements the programme’s celebration of ability and accessible opportunity. A concise, thoughtful work that asks viewers to consider how society values contribution and supports inclusion.
My name's Timothy at Tim's Amit. I work in Workplace Health and Safety. I've worked full time for quite a long, quite a long stint. I've got one brother, two sisters and I still live, I live with my parents and yeah. Since I was 13, so when, how long did I put that? So I'd put that 33, 32 years, 32 years I've had this, I've had this problem so. I started to, I started tripping and bouncing off the walls and then mum eventually told me to see the doctors. They said I've a lesion in my cerebral limb which is stopping the messages getting to my left and right side and then slowly it actually affected my speech and I was actually in a wheelchair for my whole school life, like year 7 and year 12. I mean, sorry, all the way through TAFE and yeah, there's nothing else I can say on that. The hardest part is having people look at me and they say like I'm very, I'm very influential to them so I just keep pushing. Things that it stops me from doing like I can't run, can't figure it out that. Riding a bike like I used to. I used to love to play rugby league, can't do that anymore. So all sporting events are out of the question. Supporting is a different story but actually being involved, nah, sorry, can't do that. I'm a biggest supporter. I've been a member for a long time now. Well, paramount of anyone, the premiership in the 80s. And that's it, that's been it but I've still been a member. Oh and I love Gunda the movies which is about 10 minutes walk away from here so yeah, I just love that back. You can basically, you can almost escape from the pressures of real life, just concentrate on the movie itself. Like I'm all based around family. My grandparents were all about family and some of my folks, my whole, all my aunties and uncles. Mostly like the love and encouragement that you get from all the family. They're always willing to listen to what you want to say. I take time with the girls, even when they're off playing in the park or whatever, I'm always, I'm always very close. I'm very protective of them. It's no joke, like kids are actually our future. I even got a partner so I'd love to have kids myself but obviously that's not the plan. So to have my brother and sister have kids, it's just, it's been the top of my, peak of my life, the top of it. Go Para! I've never sat in front of three cameras in my whole life before. Like and subscribe!
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