Glance Up ()
Directed by: Oriol Martinez, Enric RibesCast list: Carles Millera, Joan Pahisa
Country: Spain
Year: 2014
Genres: Documentary /
Runtime: 60 min.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Catalan and English with subtitles in Catalan
Joan Pahisa is 27 years old and has a huge passion: basketball. It would be nothing extraordinary except for a detail: he's exactly one meter tall. Joan's life has not been easy, but sport has helped him go ahead. Last summer he took part in the World Dwarf Games in Michigan, USA, an Olympic-style competition that's held every four years exclusively for little people. Joan was the only representative from Spain because he couldn't find anyone else to go with him. That's why he specialized himself in table tennis, an individual sport. He travelled 7.000 km to feel like at home and also to fulfill his dreams: to be World Champion in table tennis and, above all, to play basketball one more time, most probably the last one. His trip will show us how the world is seen from just one meter from the ground. It's not only about sport, it's about life itself.
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Subjects: Catalan language and literature / English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Physical education (PE) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Form class (Pastoral care) / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Contemporary world /
Topics: education in human values / children, children’s rights / adolescence, youth / medicine, health / biographies, autobiographies / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / human rights / sports /
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Links
Joan Pahisa talks about World Dwarf Games 2013 (video)Difficulties faced by people with disabilities when looking for a job (Spanish)
Barriers for people with disabilities (Spanish)
Joan Pahisa website
The big problem of the disabled is social prejudice (Spanish)
The Dwarf Athletic Association of America
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