Hey Again!
Sorry, there was one other thing I wanted to mention to everyone!
Anyone heard of "Darius Goes West"? It is this incredible story of a 15 year old kid from Athens who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. His 19 year old brother, Mario, died of the same disease. They both went to this camp in Athens for disabled kids, and that is where they met the Smalley family. Logan Smalley was a mentor for Mario, and before he died, Mario asked Logan to look out for Darius.
In 2005, Logan, Darius, Logan's brother (Ben) & 9 other guys set out with a goal: get Darius's wheel chair "pimped out" on the MTV show, "Pimp My Ride." They piled into an RV, went to the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Grand Canyon, went camping, and finally made it to California. And they documented the whole thing. They transformed it into a documentary and since then it has won 28 international & national festival awards - HUGE for a couple of teens & twenty-somethings from Athens with NO experience at all. They've been on the Today Show, Ellen, NBC, in Variety, LA Times, & so much more. They are BIG.
He is HUGELY popular in Athens & @ UGA, I watched the movie last week and cried and laughed & cried some more. It is SO good. It's hilarious but will make you change the way you think at the same time. (And also is PG so everyone can see it!)
Now, Darius is 19 (same age as Mario when he died) so they have a new goal: sell 1 million DVDs in 1 year.
This movie is so good, and $17 of the $20 it costs goes to muscular dystrophy research. It is really popular among teachers (they almost always end up showing it in their classes).
Just wanted to let yall know, this could be a great present for anyone!
http://www.dariusgoeswest.org/
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment