When We Walk
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A sequel to Jason DeSilva's Emmy-winning documentary, When I Walk .
"... an act of desperate love, survival, and confrontation with the abyss."
-Maurie Alioff, POV Magazine
-Maurie Alioff, POV Magazine
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When We Walk
Directed by: Jason DaSilva Runtime: 78 min Genres: Documentary, Disability Studies PreBook: 12/16/19 Street Release: 1/13/20 SRP: $59.95 DVD CAT#: PRDVD4601 UPC: 602573752890 Short Synopsis:
When We Walk takes place 6 years after the events of 'When I Walk', and documents DaSilva’s struggle to stay close with his son. In the process, he ends up on a trip through the challenges of a broken- health care system and with the threat of powerlessness facing all disabled people. |
Long Synopsis:
Filmmaker Jason DaSilva has been living with a severe form of multiple sclerosis for over 10 years. In his wheelchair, Jason begins to realize just how many places he is unable to experience with his son. To solve that, he works on a nonprofit AXS Map to help him determine the places he could go. When his son move 1,700 miles away to Austin, Texas he is unable to cope with this loss. He attempts to relocate to Austin which reveals to him the extent of the broken Medicaid system, & ultimately discovers that the Medicaid system would require him to live in a nursing home. When We Walk documents a devoted father and filmmaker with an indestructible drive to keep the cameras rolling no matter what and to show his son what it means to never give up.
Filmmaker Jason DaSilva has been living with a severe form of multiple sclerosis for over 10 years. In his wheelchair, Jason begins to realize just how many places he is unable to experience with his son. To solve that, he works on a nonprofit AXS Map to help him determine the places he could go. When his son move 1,700 miles away to Austin, Texas he is unable to cope with this loss. He attempts to relocate to Austin which reveals to him the extent of the broken Medicaid system, & ultimately discovers that the Medicaid system would require him to live in a nursing home. When We Walk documents a devoted father and filmmaker with an indestructible drive to keep the cameras rolling no matter what and to show his son what it means to never give up.
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