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Warrior Champions
Brent and Craig Renaud
Categories: Documentary Feature Competition
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Run time: 80 min. | China, USA
Warrior Champions tells the emotional and inspiring story of a group of severely wounded American Soldiers, as they fight to turn nightmares of war into Olympic dreams. Iraq War Veterans Kortney Clemons, Scott Winkler, Melissa Stockwell, and Carlos Leon, as little as a year after losing limbs and suffering paralysis fighting for their country in Iraq, have set out to do what many thought impossible; to compete in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. Through failure, pain and triumph Warrior Champions follows these solider athletes for a full year as they compete for their spot on the US Paralympic team. Though at times heart wrenching, Warrior Champions is not a sad tale of the tragedy of war, but rather an uplifting testament to the human spirit that challenges every notion of what it means to be disabled.
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7:30 PM     Fri, Oct 23 Rollins Theater + add to cal
9:00 PM     Sun, Oct 25 Hideout + add to cal
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Brent and Craig Renaud
 
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Charlie Huebner and Paul Reickhoff
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Brent and Craig Renaud
Vincent Insalaco
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Brent and Craig Renaud
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Brent and Craig Renaud
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I deployed to Kuwait for 3 months and 9 in Iraq w/o a scratch. In fact, I came back in the best physical shape in my life. Not all Veterans, obviously, were so lucky. These folks all lost at least one limb over there, but instead of letting their loss end their involvement in life, they all joined in for training for the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. The film about their struggle, "Warrior Champions" screened at the Long Center last night as part of the Austin Film Festival. The chance to be a part of that screening and meet the soldiers and marine that were the true stars is part of what makes the Film Festival special.
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