Hurt (2015)

Directed by

Alan Zweig

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 24m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of Steve Fonyo a Canadian amputee who ran across the country for cancer research. It shows his triumph as a young athlete and his later struggles with addiction and hardship.

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What happens

Hurt is a 2015 Canadian documentary film, directed by Alan Zweig. The film explores the troubled life of Steve Fonyo, the Canadian amputee athlete who completed a cross-Canada run that was known as the "Journey for Lives" to raise funds for cancer research in 1984 and 1985. The film showcases Fonyo's resilience, not only the kind that kept an 18-year-old cancer survivor running the equivalent of a half marathon a day for 400 days for 7924 km. In addition to his 400-day run, the movie also depicts the downfalls of his life, including cocaine addiction, excessive drinking, surviving East Hastings, numerous stints in jail, having his prosthetic leg stolen, and being beaten and stabbed multiple times. In 2017, Zweig released a sequel, Hope, which picks up from where Hurt left off, chronicling Fonyo's recovery. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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