Ability shares the story of Team USA Paracyclist Clara Brown, exploring the obstacles she faces in pursuit of athletic greatness as a walking quadriplegic, and shifting the narrative around para-athletes.
Directors: Anna Wilder Burns & Jordyn Romero
Cinematography: Anna Wilder Burns & Jordyn Romero
Photography: Anna Wilder Burns & Jordyn Romero
Editor: Anna Wilder Burns
Color: Sarah Sebring
Supported by Specialized, Wahoo Fitness, and Lazer Sports
“Of the 60 films that were screened at the Maine Outdoor Film Festival earlier this month, one project struck particularly close to home for the Falmouth community. Ability, a documentary by Falmouth native Anna Burns and fellow filmmaker Jordyn Romero, follows 25-year-old Paralympic cyclist Clara Brown as she trains to compete in the 2020 Paralympic Games.” - Maine Magazine
Clara’s family watching the premiere. Photo: Ben McCanna for The Portland Press Herald
Premiered on 8/10/2021 at the Maine Outdoor Film Festival.
“The final night of the Maine Outdoor Film Festival got underway Tuesday at dusk and, sitting in a front-row lawn chair, Rachel Brown was transfixed. Throughout the premiere of the short documentary, “Ability,” she kept wiping away tears
That was her younger sister on the big screen, doing flips and cartwheels as a young gymnast, rehabilitating from a paralyzing spinal-cord injury, and evolving into an elite cyclist who is about to compete for Team USA in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.”
