Body Integrity Identity Disorder - in Film

In Film

  • Whole, a documentary about people with BIID broadcast in 2004
  • Armless (2010), a film in which the protagonist John leaves his wife and goes to New York City to find a doctor to amputate his arms.
  • Quid Pro Quo (2008), a semi-paralyzed radio reporter is sent out to investigate a story that leads him into an odd subculture and on a journey of disturbing self-realization.

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