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Crash Reel
This film combines stunning action footage with new, specially-shot verité footage as it follows U.S. champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce.
This eye-popping film seamlessly combines 20 years of stunning action footage with new, specially-shot verité footage and interviews as it follows U.S. champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce, exposing the irresistible, but potentially fatal appeal of extreme sports.
An escalating rivalry between Kevin and his nemesis Shaun White in the run-up to the 2010 Olympics leaves Shaun on top of the Olympic podium and Kevin in a coma following a training accident in Park City, Utah. Kevin's tight-knit Vermont family flies to his side and helps him rebuild his life as a brain injury survivor. But when he insists on wanting to return to the sport he still loves, his family intervenes with his eloquent brother David speaking for all of them and telling him, “I just don’t want you to die.” Kevin’s doctors caution him that even a small blow to the head could be enough to kill him.
Will Kevin defy them and insist on pursuing his passion? With his now impaired skills, what other options does he have? How much risk is too much?
Credit
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Lucy Walker |
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