The Crash Reel
The Crash Reel
The Crash Reel

The Crash Reel

As the 2010 Winter Olympics approach, Kevin Pearce is considered the onlysnowboarder who can beat legend Shaun White. Attempting a new trick, Kevin crashes, sustaining a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). When he recovers from his coma, he wants to get straight back on his snowboard, despite doctors telling him even a tiny blow to his head will kill him. The film crafts cinematic sequences using 232 archival sources plus new footage, creating a tale of family, growing up and self-acceptance, raising important questions about our culture of extremes, and revealing a remarkable family's functionality in the face of disability. ALT one liner: Lucy Walker follows snowboarding Olympic hopeful, Kevin Pearce, who suffers a traumatic brain injury while training for the 2010 winter games and creates a tale of family, growing up and self-acceptance, which raises important questions about our culture of extremes, and reveals a remarkable family's functionality in the face of disability challenges.

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