''I'll Find a Way'' is a 1977 Canadian 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 ...

directed by Beverly Shaffer about nine-year-old Nadia DeFranco, who has

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. Produced by Studio D, the women's unit of the

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, the film won an

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1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

for Best Live Action Short Film.

''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.

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