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.