''Gravity Is My Enemy'' is a 1977 American short

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

about

quadriplegic Tetraplegia, also known as quadriplegia, is defined as the dysfunction or loss of Motor control, motor and/or Sense, sensory function in the Cervical vertebrae, cervical area of the spinal cord. A loss of motor function can present as either weak ...

visual artist The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics (art), ceramics, photography, video, image, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual a ...

Mark Hicks Mark Hicks (1949-1977) of Manhattan Beach, California, was a figurative and abstract painter. He was also a quadriplegic, since falling out of a tree at age 12. Hicks was the subject of the 1977 Academy Award-winning documentary short '' Gravity ...

, directed by John C. Joseph. It won an

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at the

50th Academy Awards The 50th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1977 and took place on April 3, 1978, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS ...

in 1978 for Documentary Short Subject.

Cast

, as himself *

Jan Stussy Jan Stussy (1921–1990) was an American artist, film producer, and professor. He was a Emeritus, professor emeritus from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he taught there for 42 years. He was awarded an Academy Awards, Academy Aw ...

, as himself

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* 1977 films 1977 short documentary films American short documentary films Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners American independent films Documentary films about painters Documentary films about people with disabilities 1977 independent films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films English-language short documentary films English-language independent films {{short-documentary-film-stub