Without Pity: A Film About Abilities

Without Pity: A Film About Abilities
Written by	Michael Mierendorf
Directed by	Michael Mierendorf
Narrated by	Christopher Reeve
Country of origin	United States
Production
Executive producer	Sheila Nevins
Producer	Michael Mierendorf
Running time	55 minutes
Production company	Michael Mierendorf Productions
Original release
Network	HBO
Release	October 8, 1996 (1996-10-08)

Without Pity: A Film About Abilities is a 1996 American television

disabilities to live full, productive lives. It originally premiered on HBO

on October 8, 1996.

Summary

The viewers meet a cross section of Americans in the film. A young woman with

depression and his determination and motivation to overcome it and get on with his life.^[1]

This film applauds the resilience and potential of people with disabilities and their need to be determined to be self-sufficient.

References

^ "Reeve Narrates 'Without Pity'". Reading Eagle. 6 Oct 1996. p. TV2. Retrieved 29 October 2013.

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
Informational Series (1978, 1981–1997)	The Body Human (1978) Steve Allen's Meeting of Minds (1981) Creativity with Bill Moyers (1982) The Barbara Walters Specials (1983) A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers (1984) The Living Planet (1985) Laurence Olivier: A Life (Great Performances) / Planet Earth (1986) Smithsonian World / Unknown Chaplin (American Masters) (1987) Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (American Masters) / Nature (1988) Nature (1989) Smithsonian World (1990) The Civil War (1991) MGM: When Lions Roared (1992) Healing and the Mind with Bill Moyers (1993) Later with Bob Costas (1994) Baseball / TV Nation (1995) Time Life's Lost Civilizations (1996) Biography / The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1997)
Informational Special (1978, 1981–1997)	The Great Whales: National Geographic Special (1978) The Body Human: The Bionic Breakthrough (1981) The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982) The Body Human: The Living Code (1983) America Remembers John F. Kennedy (1984) Cousteau: Mississippi (1985) W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986) Agnes, the Indomitable DeMille (Great Performances) (1987) Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1988) Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me (American Masters) (1989) Bob Fosse: Steam Heat (Great Performances) / Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (American Masters) (1990) Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter (American Masters) (1991) Abortion: Desperate Choices (1992) Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993) I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School (1994) One Survivor Remembers / Taxicab Confessions (1995) Survivors of the Holocaust (1996) National Geographic Special: Tigers of the Snow / Without Pity: A Film About Abilities (1997)
Informational Program (1979–1980)	Scared Straight! (1979) The Body Human: The Magic Sense (1980)
Informational Series or Special (2013–2019)	Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown / Inside the Actors Studio (2013) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown / Vice (2014) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2015) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2016) Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (2017) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2018) Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2019)
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Between 1998–2012, the award was bestowed as Outstanding Nonfiction Series.