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Cameron S. Mitchell, USA 2025
A fascinating investigation takes place when filmmaker Cameron S. Mitchell and his family members, including disability studies scholars, embark on a journey to uncover historical events of the Nazi Aktion T4 program in DISPOSABLE HUMANITY. Their findings uncover the realities that over 300,000 disabled people were secretly annihilated, the first victims to be killed under the Third Reich, and the catalyst of the Holocaust.
Mitchell and his family have researched the Nazi Aktion T4 program since the 1990s. The factual truth that has surfaced from their research is not only horrific, but unfathomable, according to conversations with memorial directors, disabled people, and relatives of the T4 victims. A shocking revelation, and the precursor to the Holocaust, was the fact that this program was designed to be the Nazi training ground for to how to kill and perform mass murders.
The Mitchell family shares with its audience in DISPOSABLE HUMANITY, how such a tragedy against humanity has been forgotten, covered up, and/or erased from public knowledge. Cameron notes that by using the power of film to document this history from the perspective of disabled people is necessary for the truth to be revealed, adding to the atrocities of the Holocaust.
Cameron recalls, “When we arrived at the Bernburg memorial in the ‘90s, we discover that there is no access to the T4 exhibit which is situated downstairs in the basement of the building.” Questioning how disabled people would enter such a cavern. This experience was the beginning of Mitchells journey of discovery.
The Mitchells questioned, “How could Aktion T4, a program that resulted in the deaths of over 300,000 disabled people, remain unnoticed for so long?” Cameron said, “The T4 memorial in Berlin was opened to the public in 2014, making disabled people the last victim group of the Holocaust to be recognized in the city center while being the first victims to be killed.”
The Mitchell family documentary gives food for thought as we journey with them in an exploration of an unrecognizable past. Or?
