When I Walk (2013) on Netflix
NR20131h 24mDocumentary
In 2006, on a family beach vacation, 25-year-old Jason DaSilva falls on the sand and cannot get up. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis months earlier, he turns a camera on his declining body.
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- Netflix4.0/5
- IMDb7.3/10276 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes88%
Plot summary
Jason DaSilva is 25 when doctors tell him he has multiple sclerosis, which can cost him his vision and his muscle control. He tries exercise to cope, but his condition keeps getting worse. On a family beach vacation in 2006 he falls on the sand and cannot get back on his feet, and his disease can no longer be ignored. His mother reminds him that he is still a fortunate kid with the chance to pursue what he loves most, art and filmmaking. He picks up a camera and turns it on his own weakening body, recording his life with his mother and his partner and setting out across the world hoping to find healing, to understand himself and to find love.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about When I Walk (2013)
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- In 2006, 25-year-old filmmaker Jason DaSilva collapsed on a beach while on holiday, months after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Realizing his condition could no longer be ignored, he decided to make the documentary.
