Darius Went West!

Film About Life, Dreams, & Inclusion

Where would you go if you'd never been away from home? What would you do if you didn't have much time left?Darius Went West!

Meet 15-year-old Darius Weems from Athens, Georgia, who was born with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), the most common fatal genetic disorder to affect children worldwide.

When Darius lost use of the muscles in his legs and had to use a wheelchair to get around, a group of his college-age friends decided there was no need for his quality of life to disintegrate along with his muscles. In the summer of 2005, they rented a wheelchair-accessible RV and took Darius, who had never seen mountains, the ocean, or even crossed a state line, on the adventure of a lifetime.

The teens in this movie are real and so is their 7000-mile cross-country journey.

See the trailer for Darius Went West! 
 
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