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Crutch / a Discovery+ original ; a Vayabobo/Seasachi film ; producers, Vayabobo, Sachi Cunningham ; written by Vayabobo ; directed by Sachi Cunningham, Vayabobo ; CrutchDoc LLC production.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shannon, Bill, 1970-.
- Shannon, Bill.
- Dancers with disabilities--Biography.
- Dancers with disabilities.
- Performance artists--Biography.
- Performance artists.
- Crutches.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (1 hr., 36 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2021]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Two decades of exclusive access, plus a lifetime of archival footage, depict Bill Shannon from his early years, to his rise as an award-winning dancer and cutting-edge performance artist whose work finds outlet at prestigious venues worldwide. The film documents Bill's extraordinary journey: the history of his medical odyssey and his struggles with chronic pain, the evolution of his crutch dancing and skating, his rise to become a world-renowned performance artist, and his transformation from an angry skate punk to an international hero.
- Participant:
- Featuring Bill Shannon.
- Credits:
- Music composed by George Karpasitis, Te'Amir Sweeney ; editor, Nick Bradford ; director of photography, Sachi Cunningham, Vayabobo.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 15, 2021).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-crutch Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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