Adversity Movies

A documentary from 1987 featuring the life of early Chinese immigrants to the island of Newfoundland.

The country is occupied by the Japanese imperialists. Koppun is selling flowers at the market to get some money to buy medicine for her sick mother. H...

A young man born with Cerebral Palsy battles a paralyzed left hand, bullies and stereotypes about the disabled to defy the odds and make it as a rock...

Told via Seussian poem, the short film exhibits the bravery of a person who has faced the ultimate adversity...a tummy ache.

Growing up in poverty as a child, Dylan dreamt of travelling the world on a motorcycle. Many years later he broke the shackles of a normal life and to...

An exploration into why some children are severely damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive. By revisiting childhood trauma victims...