Emmanuel's Gift | movie | 2005 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Narrated by Oprah Winfrey, this is the moving and inspiring story of a disabled orphan who overcame poverty and prejudic | dG1fcFMtVkVRRFJrWlU

Transcript

00:01To set a goal is an honorable and noble thing to do.

00:05To complete a goal is even more noble.

00:10If you're disabled in Ghana, you are a second-class citizen.

00:14Emmanuel's mission is to change perceptions.

00:20Emmanuel, what you've done here is an example for these young men and women that the sky is the limit.

00:26People in this part of the world believe that when a person is handicapped or disabled, they believe that is a punishment from a deity.

00:39Maybe when I share my story or what I want to do with them, maybe they can say, good, what you are bringing is a very good idea.

00:47The Challenge Athlete Foundation gets grant requests every year.

00:49In that grant request, he asked for a bicycle to ride across Ghana and prove a stereotype wrong.

00:56Who thinks that way?

00:58And it's almost like Forrest Gump, when you see this guy starting to run across country and all of a sudden thousands of people are following.

01:06He has transformed so many people.

01:09You see the smiles on their faces and you can imagine what goes on in their hearts.

01:14I believe he's not going to limit his influence to just Ghana.

01:20He's going to spread his message to the rest of the world.

01:22An incredible athlete who has done extraordinary, extraordinary.

01:30Handicapped people have loss of talent and loss to offer.

01:33Your voice will be an important voice.

01:35Don't say, oh my God, thank God I'm not like him.

01:44Say, oh my God, perhaps I could be more like him.

01:48This is the story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, who had nothing but gave everything and changed a nation forever.

01:57Daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy.

02:03Daddy, daddy, daddy.