Darius Goes West: The Roll of his Life is a documentary film by Logan Smalley about Darius Weems, a teenager living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In the middle of 2005 Weems embarked on a 7,000 mile road trip across the United States from his hometown in Georgia to MTV Headquarters in Los Angeles to ask them to customize his wheelchair on Pimp My Ride, as well to promote awareness of the fatal disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), and to raise money for research into a cure.
Darius Goes West (2007)
Directed by Logan Smalley
Genres - Documentary |
Release Date - Dec 1, 2007 |
Run Time - 92 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Official Site
Budget
$60,000
Tags
Duchenne, Dystrophy, Muscular
Alternate Titles
Darius Goes West
US