Release Year: 2005 Rating: G Duration: 80 minutes Director: Lisa Lax, Nancy Stern Producer: Lisa Lax, Nancy Stern Distributor: First Look Pictures
synopsis
Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah from Ghana, has risen above abject poverty and a severe physical challenge to become a hero and inspiration to people around the world. His first stunning act of heroism was riding a bike across Ghana on one leg, in order to eradicate his country's negative perception of the disabled. This remarkable feat was just the first of many and his awe-inspiring journey awakened the spirit in his fellow disabled Ghanaians and countless others throughout the world.
cast
Bob Babbitt as Gordon Adoboe as Jeffrey Essakow as Jim MacLaren as Paul O'Keefe as
EMMANUEL'S GIFT tells about an amazing life, that of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, a young man from Ghana who was born with a severely deformed right leg. In a country with ten percent disabled, the disabled traditionally work only as beggars and never go to school. The discrimination against them is so intense that parents generally kill or abandon babies born with deformities. The only disabled kid in his entire school, Emmanuel always had big ambitions.
