Right Footed

Right Footed
Directed byNick T. Spark
Produced byNick T. Spark
Lisa Yuchengco
StarringJessica Cox
Patrick Chamberlain
CinematographyBill Megalos
Edited bySusan Metzger
Music byNathan Halpern
Distributed byNick Spark Productions LLC
Release date
  • November 5, 2015 (2015-11-05) (Kansas International Film Festival)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Right Footed is a documentary about Jessica Cox directed by Nick T. Spark and produced by Nick T. Spark and Mona Lisa Yuchengco.[1] Cox was born without arms but has learned to live a fulfilling life including getting married, earning two black belts and becoming the first person without arms to fly an airplane.[2]

The film follows Cox as she begins new roles as a mentor and disability rights advocate. She visits both Ethiopia and the Philippines on behalf of Handicap International to help people with disabilities, and advocates for the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the US Senate. The film also follows her personal life as Cox is shown supporting her mother Inez as she battles cancer, beginning her married life with her husband Patrick Chamberlain, and mentoring children with disabilities in the United States and abroad.

  1. ^ Right Footed official website. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. ^ Jessica Cox Motivational Services. Retrieved 24 August 2015.