Freaks!
This was one of the most controversial films of its day (1932). It was directed by Tod Browning, after his success directing Dracula. He had run away from his affluent family to join the circus, and he filmed Freaks with the intent of giving a respectful, loving voice to the circus performers he knew personally.
The movie is about how their close-knit community comes together to protect, and then avenge one of their own after two “normals” attempt to murder a “freak” in order to steal his inheritance.
But not too many people loved Freaks. It put disabled people, and people with strange abnormalities, front and center on the silver screen.
Browning attempted to let people with discomforting mutations and disabilities become accepted stars, something that we’re all still very uncomfortable with.