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Right Footed

Right Footed (2015) is not yet rated and has a run time of 82 minutes. This film screened at the Festival Friday November 6, pre-show at 5:45 pm, doors at 6:15 (view full festival schedule). Audio descrption by VSA Texas. Right Footed and Friday night's program were co-hosted by:

Jessica Cox, star of Right Footed, joined Cinema Touching Disability in person November 6 to present her film and answer questions! You can still check out Cinema Touching Disability's exclusive interview with Jessica!

Jessica Cox, a young woman with no arms, stands up in the cockpit of a propeller plane. The words Right Footed hover above.

Born without arms, Jessica Cox never allowed herself to believe that she couldn’t accomplish her dreams. An accomplished martial artist, college graduate and motivational speaker, Jessica is also the world’s only armless airplane pilot, a mentor, and an advocate for the disabled. Directed by Emmy Award winning filmmaker Nick Spark, Right Footed chronicles Jessica’s amazing story of overcoming adversity and follows her over a period of two years as she becomes a mentor for children with disabilities and their families, and a disability rights advocate working in the U.S.A. and abroad. (source: RightFootedMovie.com)

Awards and Recognition for Jessica Cox:

Plane and Pilot Magazine’s 10 Best Pilots, 2013
Inspiration Award for Women: Most Aspirational, 2012 USA; Inspiration International, 2013 UK
Guinness World Record: The First Armless Person in the World Ever to Have Obtained a Pilot’s License, 2011
AOPA LIVE Pilots Choice Award 2010: Most Watched Female Aviator
Published in Ripley’s Believe It or Not, 2009

Right Footed world-premiered at the Vatican this summer, where it won Best Documentary at the Mirable Dictu International Film Festival. The film has also earned: