Darius Goes West (2007)
- Directed by
- Logan Smalley
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A teenager with Duchenne muscular dystrophy takes a road trip across the United States to ask MTV to customize his wheelchair on a TV show. The journey also raises awareness and funds for research into his disease.
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What happens
Darius Goes West: The Roll of his Life is a documentary film by Logan Smalley about Darius Weems, a teenager living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In the middle of 2005 Weems embarked on a 7,000 mile road trip across the United States from his hometown in Georgia to MTV Headquarters in Los Angeles to ask them to customize his wheelchair on Pimp My Ride, as well to promote awareness of the fatal disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), and to raise money for research into a cure. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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