THE CRASH REEL

SYNOPSIS

The dramatic story of one unforgettable athlete, Kevin Pearce; one eye-popping sport, snowboarding; and one explosive issue, Traumatic Brain Injury. A comeback story with a difference.

This eye-popping film seamlessly combines twenty years of stunning action footage with new specially-shot verité footage and interviews as it follows U.S. champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce and exposes 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 he wants to return to the sport he still loves, his family intervenes with his eloquent brother David speaking for all of them when he says, “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?

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY

Lucy Walker is an Emmy-winning British film director who has twice been nominated for an Academy Award and is renowned for creating riveting, character-driven nonfiction that delivers emotionally and narratively. Lucy’s films include feature documentaries The Crash Reel (2013), Waste Land (2010), Countdown to Zero (2010), Blindsight (2006), Devil’s Playground (2002) and short films, notably The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (2011) and The Lion’s Mouth Opens (2014), as well as television, including twenty episodes of Nickelodeon Blue’s Clues.

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

Audience Award, One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2014
Best Nonfiction Film for Television Award, Cinema Eye Honors 2014
“The Unforgettables” Award for documentary subjects Kevin and David Pearce, Cinema Eye Honors 2014
Audience Award, SXSW Film Festival 2013
Documentary Audience Award, Dallas International Film Festival 2013
Special Jury Award, Seattle International Film Festival 2013
Audience Award, Melbourne International Film Festival 2013
 EDA Award for Best Female-Directed Documentary from the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, 2013
Audience Award, SXSW Film Festival 2013
Documentary Audience Award, Dallas International Film Festival 2013
Special Jury Award, Seattle International Film Festival 2013
Audience Award, Melbourne International Film Festival 2013

DESCRIPTION

The Crash Reel (doc.) 
Director:
Lucy Walker
Country: USA
Year: 2013
Runtime: 108’
Language: English
Cast: Kevin Pearce, Shaun White, Mason Aguirre
Production: Impact Partners, Tree Tree Tree
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