01/21/06 Murderball

Murderball (2005), directed by Henry Alex Rubin & Dana Adam Shapiro

watched w/ Leslie; DVD rental (Netflix)

I've been wanting to see this doc for quite awhile. Documentaries are great in that they allow you to explore a very real universe, usually foreign to your own. This is not only a film that displays the phenomenon of wheelchair sports (most remarkably the rugby), but the inspiring lives of quadriplegics who have had to overcome adversity in rebuilding the way they experience life. All their collective tragedy becomes fuel feeding the catharsis that is quad rugby.

5 out of 5 stars