I Didn't See You There

Mar 04, 2022 | IMDB 0

72 min Watch Now

Documentary

As a visibly disabled person, filmmaker Reid Davenport is often either the subject of an unwanted gaze — gawked at by strangers — or paradoxically rendered invisible, ignored or dismissed by society. The arrival of a circus tent just outside his apartment prompts him to consider the history and legacy of the freak show, in which individuals who were deemed atypical were put on display for the amusement and shock of a paying public. Contemplating how this relates to his own filmmaking practice, which explicitly foregrounds disability, Davenport sets out to make a film about how he sees the world from his wheelchair without having to be seen himself.

Casts
Reid Davenport

MOVIE COMMENTS

SIMILAR MOVIES

SIMILAR MOVIES

poster

Under the water

IMDB 0 | Dec , 2025

A daily life in Korogocho, Kenya, one of the world’s poorest slums.

poster

The Skin Horse

IMDB 0 | Jan , 1983

An award-winning, ground-breaking TV documentary dealing sensitively with the topic of sex and intimacy within the disabled community.

poster

The Children of San Simon

IMDB 10 | Dec , 2025

Sima Shimony, age 69, embarks on a mission to find her friends and staff from the "ALYN" Institute for Children with Disabilities, which was situated in the secluded San-Simon monastery in Jerusalem, during the 1960s. Armed with a small camera attached to her wheelchair, she sets off on a journey across the country together with her friend Pini Newirth, also a polio child, to unfold and reclaim the story of the children affected by the Polio epidemic. In a futile attempt to rebuild their bodies so they could walk, the children were subjected to excruciating medical procedures with no parents or family at their side. But growing up together forged a group of remarkable, self-driven women and men with disabilities who eventually launched the Disability Rights movement in Israel.

poster

Maddy the Model

IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 2020

Madeline Stuart is a fashion celebrity who has walked the runway at the New York Fashion Week, has 700 000+ followers on Facebook and is covered by international media world wide. This documentary follows Madeline on her journey to becoming the world's first professional supermodel with Down syndrome, challenging our perception of identity, beauty and disability.

poster

Better Off Dead?

IMDB 0 | May , 2024

A documentary on assisted suicide, authored by actor and disability rights activist Liz Carr.

poster

Partners

IMDB 10 | May , 2018

18 partners discuss the choices they’ve made in deciding on their mates. At its heart, this unscripted documentary film is about acceptance; a gentle message that we shouldn’t judge the choices of others, even if they seem a little different.

poster

In den Spuren Vater Bodelschwinghs

IMDB 0 | Mar , 1931

Documentary film about the diaconal work and the care of people with disabilities in the Bethel institutions.

À la canne blanche

IMDB 0 | Oct , 2019

poster

Is There Anybody Out There?

IMDB 5.5 | Nov , 2023

While navigating daily discrimination, a filmmaker who inhabits and loves her unusual body searches the world for another person like her, and explores what it takes to love oneself fiercely despite the pervasiveness of ableism.

poster

Plating Blind

IMDB 0 | Dec , 2020

Nathan Quinell is a fully trained chef… he also happens to be legally deaf and blind. That’s never stopped him from chasing his dreams to become a full-time cook, but now Nathan must prove himself to his peers, his students and potential employers.

poster

Danse la Vie

IMDB 0 | Dec , 2025

poster

This Is Not About Me

IMDB 0 | Apr , 2022

This Is Not About Me tells the story of Jordyn Zimmerman. Jordyn dreamt of becoming a teacher. She started out eager to learn at school, but she was soon separated from the other children. Unable to communicate, teachers thought she was also unable to understand or learn. Year after year, her behavior worsened. She was restrained and placed in seclusion. Jordyn found herself caught in a system that unintentionally turned her life into a living nightmare. Finally, at the age of 18, with the help of educators who see her differently, she manages to turn her fate and flourish.

poster

Carlotta's Face

IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 2018

We all share the same kind of brain yet everybody has a different view of the world around us. As a very intriguing example, Carlotta vividly explains how a world without faces does look like. She suffers from the miswiring of a tiny brain region that makes it impossible for her to see and remember faces as a complete construct, called prosopagnosia or face blindness.

The Man of the Trees

IMDB 0 | Aug , 2018

The life story of Daniel Balimá, a horticulturist with a disability in Burkina Faso.

Revel In Your Body

IMDB 0 | Apr , 2020

Experience the joy of flight with Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson

Travail à mort

IMDB 0 | Dec , 2025

poster

Wheels of Freedom

IMDB 5.8 | Mar , 2018

Being alive and having a life are two different things for Ville Jaaranto. Freedom as his dream and equality on his agenda, he sets to travel across Europe by his power wheelchair. While on his journey, he comes to realize that neither he himself nor the world around him are quite ready for it. Crazy dreams are the best cure for a mundane life.

poster

Down n'hi do - La càmera ballarina

IMDB 0 | Apr , 2018

Heavy Load

IMDB 7 | Mar , 2008

Documentary about punk band Heavy Load, subject to the combustible flux of ego, ambition, fantasy, expectation and desire that fuels any emerging band, but uniquely made up of musicians with and without learning disabilities. This makes the band's survival a precarious negotiation between two different worlds - on the one hand the institutional timetable of day centres, work placements and social workers and, on the other, the chaotic slacker life of rehearsal rooms, studios and gigs. (Storyville)

poster

Motherhood

IMDB 0 | Dec , 2025

Motherhood is a short documentary film about a single mother trying to secure a future for her severely disabled son.