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Summary
Legendary kayaker Scott Lindgren attempts to complete an extreme, unprecedented whitewater expedition 20-years-in-the-making. When a brain tumor derails his goals, he sinks into the darkness of his own trauma only to discover that healing, like any expedition, is not a destination but a journey.
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Audiences 72GoodWatch 69
Audience score83%
IMDb6.9
Letterboxd · 2 K ratings3.1/5
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −10 min on the typical 96
typical 9686Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 34 more
Released
2021
August 25, 2021
5 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryAdventureLanguage
English
Original language
Directing · 1
- Rush Sturges Director, Producer
Production · 2
- Aidan Haley Producer
- Thayer Walker Producer
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