Darius Goes West (2007)

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Director:

Logan Smalley

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

The Roll of His Life

Plot:

Darius Weems, who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, travels across the country with eleven friends on a mission to get his wheelchair customized by MTV's "Pimp My Ride."

Plot Keywords:

Wheelchair | Muscular Dystrophy | Darius Weems | Dmd | Georgia USA

Awards:

15 wins

Cast

Darius Weems	...	Himself
Andrew Carson	...	Himself
Daniel Epting	...	Himself
John Hadden	...	Himself
John Harmon	...	Himself
Jason Hees	...	Himself
Sam Johnson	...	Himself
Collin Shepley	...	Himself
Ben Smalley	...	Himself
Logan Smalley	...	Himself
Kevin Wier	...	Himself
Dylan Wilson	...	Himself
Tracy Seckler	...	Herself
Dr. Benjamin Seckler	...	Himself
Maria McDonnell	...	Herself

Runtime:

USA:92 min (original release)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Roll With Me Productions

Trivia:

"Goslabi" is "wasabi" in Darius-speak.

Movie Connections:

Features "Pimp My Ride" (2004)

touching doc about living life with restrictions

This movie is a touching story about an adventure taken by 15-year-old Darius Weems. Darius has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a still un-curable disease that took the life of his brother at age nineteen and is the number one killer of babies in the United States. Him and a few close friends travel across the country to Los Angeles with the goal of getting his wheelchair customized on MTV's, Pimp My Ride, one of his favorite shows. The journey begins in Georgia, where Darius grew up and has never left. The gang head west for a trip that all its participants will never forget. Darius gets to ride in a boat for the first time, ride in a hot air balloon, swim in the ocean and visit sights he's always wanted to see like the Grand Canyon and New Orleans. The filmmakers here clearly have an emotional connection to the material. They make no money from sales of the $20 dvds. $17 goes toward researching the disease and $3 goes toward making more copies. The film has won over 25 awards at festivals and I agree with the quote given to the film by Variety, "Certain to stir hearts".