Emmanuel's Gift

G

Released Mar 3, 2005

1h 20m

Documentary

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82%

22 Reviews

Tomatometer

85%

1,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

This documentary tells the story of 27-year-old Ghanaian Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, born with a deformed leg. The disabled are often disdained or even murdered at birth in Africa, but Emmanuel is determined to be a part of society. After receiving a bicycle, thanks to a grant for handicapped athletes, Emmanuel rides across Ghana, challenging stereotypes in the process. Emmanuel travels to America to receive a prosthetic leg and spreads awareness of human rights for the disabled everywhere he goes.

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Critics Consensus

A powerful real-life story that's strong enough to overcome the Hollywood touches added in its telling, Emmanuel's Gift is an uplifting celebration of the human spirit.

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Audience Member

What an incredibly inspirational film. It starts out slowly, and you begin to wonder if watching this is worth it, but the directors continue to reveal layer after layer of the story that makes what happens all the more amazing. I would highly recommend watching this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

Inspirational story! Everyone should check this out then we should reevaluate how we can make the world around us better...together!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Amazing, exceptional.... one person can do so much!!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

A fantastic movie. Such a moving story that makes you so grateful for living where you are.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

Makes what your going through look easy. You will bawl your eyes out on this one. You will know what you can do when you see him overcome. See his actions turn into beautiful results in front of your eyes. I want that Disability Bill to pass in Ghana. :) I want to be as determined as him.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

just saw this. It was really inspiring. And really makes me think, both of what kind of limitations I put on poeple who I think of as unable, and of what I keep my self from doing because I see some sort of barrier. now to just change my thinking. then hopefully my actions will change.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Lisa Lax

Director

Nancy Stern

Director

Oprah Winfrey

Narrator

Lisa Lax

Producer

Nancy Stern

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Frank Scheck

Hollywood Reporter

While Emmanuel's Gift has a moving story to tell, it does so in a less than compelling manner.

Nov 29, 2005

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Eleanor Ringel Cater

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Emmanuel's Gift is certainly not a bad movie. It's just a case of good intentions unintentionally interfering with a great story.

Rated: B-

Nov 3, 2005

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

A documentary about Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, a one-legged young man from Ghana, Africa, who overcame his handicap to ride a bicycle across his country, among other amazing achievements.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 28, 2005

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Chelsea Bain

Boston Herald

Rated: 3/4

Oct 21, 2006

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David Cornelius

DVDTalk.com

[It] is essentially a too-long overcoming-the-odds clip that helps fill up a hole or two in the Olympics TV schedule. Back to you, Bob Costas.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 4, 2006

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

[E]xtra poignant not just because it's true but also because of the refusal of directors Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern to pander to easy sentiment or to place Yeboah on a pedestal of superhumanity...

Jan 3, 2006

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Synopsis

This documentary tells the story of 27-year-old Ghanaian Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, born with a deformed leg. The disabled are often disdained or even murdered at birth in Africa, but Emmanuel is determined to be a part of society. After receiving a bicycle, thanks to a grant for handicapped athletes, Emmanuel rides across Ghana, challenging stereotypes in the process. Emmanuel travels to America to receive a prosthetic leg and spreads awareness of human rights for the disabled everywhere he goes.

Director: Lisa Lax, Nancy Stern
Rating: G
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 3, 2005, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 13, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $23.6K
Runtime: 1h 20m