JANUARY 29-31, 2010
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TEMPE, ARIZONA
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Mountains Without Barriers
MOUNTAINS WITHOUT BARRIERS
(USA) Director: Michael Brown
Documentary, English, 24 minutes
SYNOPSIS
The opening scene of Mountains Without Barriers begins as a straightforward climbing story. What isn’t immediately obvious is that the two of the three climbers, Erik Weihenmayer and Andy Holzer, are blind and the third, Hugh Herr, is a double-leg amputee. They are participating in the No Barriers Festival, which seeks to improve quality of life through spirit and technology. The festival creates opportunities for people with disabilities to learn new skills and to exchange ideas and dreams with those who create the technologies to assist them… ‘Seeing is believing, but a greater reality is that believing is seeing,’ says Weihenmayer.
THE PRODUCTION TEAM
Executive Producers: Greg S. Moyer, Mark DeAngelis, Rob Faris
Director: Michael Brown
Producer: David D’Angelo
Co-Producers: Conrad Anker, Jennifer Lowe-Anker
Associate Producer: Timmy O’Neill
Cinematographers: Michael Brown, John Griber, Karl Swingle
Editor: Lam T. Nguyen
Music Composer: Kip Kuepper
Cast: Conrad Anker, Jennifer Lowe-Anker, Max, Sam, and Isaac Lowe-Anker, The Khumbu Climbing School
In collaboration with the Equity Alliance at Arizona State University, the Different From What? Film Festival has been made possible by seed grants from p.a.v.e., the arts entrepreneurship program of the ASU School of Theatre and Film and the Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of Education.
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