# I'll Find a Way

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{{short description|1977 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = I'll Find a Way
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| director       = [Beverly Shaffer](/source/Beverly_Shaffer)
| producer       = Beverly Shaffer<br>[Yuki Yoshida](/source/Yuki_Yoshida)
| writer         = 
| narrator       = 
| starring       = Nadia DeFranco
| music          = [Larry Crosley](/source/Larry_Crosley)
| cinematography = Nesya Blue
| editing        = [Ginny Stikeman](/source/Ginny_Stikeman)
| distributor    = [National Film Board of Canada](/source/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](/source/short_film) [documentary film](/source/documentary_film) directed by [Beverly Shaffer](/source/Beverly_Shaffer) about nine-year-old Nadia DeFranco, who has [spina bifida](/source/spina_bifida). Produced by [Studio D](/source/Studio_D), the women's unit of the [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada), the film won an [Oscar](/source/Academy_Awards) in [1978](/source/50th_Academy_Awards) for [Best Live Action Short Film](/source/Academy_Award_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](/source/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>

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

{{Academy Award Best Short}}

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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

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