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Synopsis
When United Airlines destroyed Engracia Figueroa’s custom $30,000 wheelchair and refused accountability, it set off a devastating chain of events that ultimately led to her death and a nationwide call for justice. THE UNTITLED ENGRACIA FIGUEROA project is a feature documentary that reclaims Engracia’s story beyond the headlines, revealing the vibrant, sharp-witted Afro-Latina disability rights activist who fought tirelessly for access, independence, and dignity. Through intimate interviews with family, friends, and advocates, and through Engracia’s own words, the film revisits her final fight to move freely and exposes systemic failures that make travel dangerous for disabled people. Ultimately, it transforms tragedy into a movement for accountability, access, and lasting change.
Director Identity
Bio
Marsha Hallager is a multifaceted writer, producer and director who creates groundbreaking and critical content. Hallager started her career in radio to which she credits as her entrée into the world of television and film production. She is an accomplished independent documentary filmmaker with a keen sense of storytelling.
Hallager’s achievements are multi-disciplined – she has worked across various genres, including unscripted to scripted television to horror films and feature documentaries. Hallager served as one of the EPs and producers on the award-winning documentary, One Child Left Behind: The Untold Atlanta Cheating Scandal. She just wrapped PBS American Masters: Renegades where she directed/produced the Thomas Wiggins episode and wrote/produced the Celestine Tate Harrington episode and is beginning production on PBS American Experience: The Curb Cut Effect.
Credits
Executive Producer - Day Al-Mohamed
Writer/Director/Producer - Marsha Hallager
Archival & Impact Producer - Anare Holmes
