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We invite you to be a part of our journey and help us get this film out to the world. Over the last six years we have raised over $150k to develop, film, and edit this story into a powerful and compelling 90-minute documentary. Now we have to get it out to the world and we are looking to raise an additional $50k for our impact campaign.

The goals of our impact campaign are to get this film to the people whose lives it will change the most. We aim to do screenings at over 230 adaptive sports chapters across the United States as well as the 70-80 spinal cord rehabilitation centers. This film shows unique ways that people new to spinal cord injury can continue to access the outdoors and live a happy and healthy life.

Every dollar contributed here is tax-deductible and will help get us closer to the finish line. Please consider employer match programs to make the most of your contribution and share with friends you'd also like to bring along this journey.

OUR MISSION

ABOUT THE FILM

ADAPTED is a feature-length documentary that shows how the right combination of nature, community, and challenge can heal trauma. 

In 2011, Danielle Lancelot Watson survived an “unsurvivable fall” from a record 280 feet. In 2014, Josh Hancock nearly lost his life after an ice climbing fall in the remote backcountry. In 2018, Anna Soens became the first female paraplegic to summit Mount Hood and is continuing to pioneer para-mountaineering -- pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Through the film we follow these characters on three life-changing adventures. From the first paraplegic ascent and sit ski descent of Mount Baker, to a 100-mile hand cycle ride around the White Rim Trail, to a multi-day raft trip down the mighty Salmon River -- we see their raw challenges, their heartfelt successes, and the less-known community supporting them. We see the life-change that paralysis presents and how remarkable the human spirit is in its ability to adapt.

PROJECT STAGE

Research & Development - Complete!

Filming. / Production - Complete!

Post Production - In Progress

Marketing & Distribution - In Planning 

POST PRODUCTION EXPENSES - $65k (complete!)

• Editing
• Sound Design / Mix
• Music
• Color Correction
• Graphics

Director's Statement

This film began with the transformation I saw in my own mother after she entered hospice. 

I moved home in 2017 after I finished college to assist with her caregiving.  She became disabled when I was 14 from a degenerative disease that, among other things, made it very difficult to see. The doctors described her world as looking through shattered glass.  Completely dependent on others in all aspects of life, she felt trapped inside her own home. A once-vibrant woman became deeply depressed by her limitations.  She no longer wanted to live.

I began taking her on walks through the cottonwood grove behind our house in an effort to bring a bit of happiness back into what was left of her life.  It didn’t take long before I saw the spark she used to hold.  By the end of summer, she graduated from walking to getting on her bike, with me helping her through our neighborhood on foot.  She surprisingly left hospice within a few months. We realized her body was not yet dying – it seemed that getting outside had somehow allowed her to tap into a hidden reservoir of inner strength.  I believe experiencing wild places again helped save her – not from the terminal diagnosis, but by making the time she had left full of something she thought she’d lost forever: joy.

My mom was strong and resilient. Like these characters, she was forced to adapt and try to live her best life. 

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