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About The Film
"Go The Distance" is a film about completing
a journey of recovery. It is a
film about learning to love life and finding happiness despite the presence of a
serious disability. It features a journey from Paul Scherdell’s home in Rutland,
Massachusetts across the heartland of America, all the way to California and
back. Paul shares his ability to embrace life with the people he meets along the
way, but also finds he cannot avoid some inner demons he must confront during
the long arduous trip.
The film includes visits to places most victims of catastrophic injury would
never dream they could manage – National Parks, campgrounds, Native American
Reservations – with the reward of the sights of Las Vegas and San Francisco as
Paul achieves his ultimate goal – arriving at the west coast in his aging Ford
van.
Paul travels with an old high school buddy – a true friend who takes on the task
of providing all of the care that a quadriplegic needs during a month long
journey. Jeff Turner is an ex-Marine who served in the Gulf War, and returned
with his emotional baggage. Paul and Jeff learn that they must take the risk of
sharing their traumatic experiences with each other in order to find common
ground necessary for them to survive the grueling trip to the coast.
The film captures the beauty of America, the drama of day to day life on the
road, the search for happiness. With powerful narration by Paul Scherdell, as he
shares his inner journey, a special few of us dare to take: a search of the
soul, the only path to true recovery. The sensory and narrative imagery make a
profound statement that life’s adventure is an attainable reality for those who
are disabled, as well as for those who are “temporarily able-bodied” -- for all
those who are willing, for those who really want –-
-- to GO THE DISTANCE
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