It's the Same World
1981, English. Directed by Dick Young.
It's the Same World is a 1980 American short documentary film produced by Dick Young. Shot on location in various parts of the world, it depicts children in the Philippines who can neither hear nor speak, a brain-damaged child in India, an Ethiopian cripple learning a trade so that he can support his family with dignity, and a Mexican polio victim, whose mother uses therapy to help her daughter walk. Also featured is Terry Fox, the Canadian youth who lost his right leg to cancer and yet set out to run across Canada. The world of the disabled is not a special world, but the same world in which we all live. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.
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- Released
- 1 October 1981
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Stephan Wilkinson
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It's the Same World isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 October 1981. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed It's the Same World?
It's the Same World (1981) was directed by Dick Young and stars Tom Sullivan.