I'll Find a Way

{{short description|1977 film}} {{For|the song by Blu Cantrell|So Blu}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = I'll Find a Way | image = | caption = | director = Beverly Shaffer | producer = Beverly Shaffer<br>Yuki Yoshida | writer = | narrator = | starring = Nadia DeFranco | music = Larry Crosley | cinematography = Nesya Blue | editing = Ginny Stikeman | distributor = National Film Board of Canada | released = {{film date|1977}} | runtime = 26 minutes | country = Canada | language = English }}

'''''I'll Find a Way''''' is a 1977 Canadian short documentary film directed by Beverly Shaffer about nine-year-old Nadia DeFranco, who has spina bifida. Produced by Studio D, the women's unit of the National Film Board of Canada, the film won an Oscar in 1978 for Best Live Action Short Film.<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/299687/I-ll-Find-a-Way/details |title=New York Times: I'll Find a Way |access-date=May 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714044726/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/299687/I-ll-Find-a-Way/details |archive-date=July 14, 2010 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Oscars1978">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1978 |title=The 50th Academy Awards (1978) Nominees and Winners |access-date=June 12, 2019|work=oscars.org|date=October 5, 2014 }}</ref>

==''Just a Wedding''== In 1999, Shaffer completed ''Just a Wedding'', a sequel to ''I'll Find a Way'', revisiting DeFranco as she prepares to get married.<ref name="Wedding">{{cite web|url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=33859|title=Just a Wedding|last=Shaffer|first=Beverly|year=1999|work=National Film Board of Canada Web site|access-date=May 28, 2009|archive-date=July 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181827/http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=33859|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0076173}} *{{NFB film|Ill_find_a_way}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:I'll Find A Way}} Category:1977 films Category:1977 short documentary films Category:Canadian independent films Category:Canadian short documentary films Category:Documentary films about children with disabilities Category:English-language Canadian films Category:Films directed by Beverly Shaffer Category:Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners Category:National Film Board of Canada documentaries Category:National Film Board of Canada short films Category:1977 English-language films Category:1977 Canadian films Category:English-language short documentary films