The crash reel sos
2024

Milwaukee Film Milwaukee, WI

with

Eric Larson

Director of Psychology at Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital

The Crash Reel— Inside the imagination of a risk addict

How much risk is too much? If you can’t imagine defeat, you may take risks that pay off. Or you may almost die. If you can’t imagine happiness after loss, you may miss out on the best adventure of your life. Come watch the story of snowboard star Kevin Pearce, who learned the hard way. Before the movie, join us for a presentation by Eric Larson, Director of Psychology at Northwestern Medicine Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital. We will explore what only the injured know. You can only imagine.

Milwaukee Film Milwaukee, WI

Film Synopsis

Snowboarder Kevin Pearce wants to return to his favorite sport after suffering a traumatic brain injury while training for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

An escalating rivalry between Kevin and his nemesis Shaun White in the run—up to the 2010 Olympics leaves Shaun on top of the Olympic podium and Kevin in a coma following a training accident in Park City, Utah. Kevin’s tight—knit Vermont family flies to his side and helps him rebuild his life as a brain injury survivor. But when he insists he wants to return to the sport he still loves, his family intervenes with his eloquent brother David speaking for all of them when he says, “I just don’t want you to die.” Kevin’s doctors caution him that even a small blow to the head could be enough to kill him. Will Kevin defy them and insist on pursuing his passion? With his now impaired skills, what other options does he have? How much risk is too much?

About the Speaker

At present, Eric Larson's research program focuses on assessment and rehabilitation of cognitive impairment in brain injury. Projects currently underway address the following: assessment and treatment of people with concussion and post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disorders in people with traumatic brain injury, and application of new technologies to assessment and treatment of cognitive impairment.