00:01The Movement, a new film narrated by Robert Redford and ski movie legend Warren Miller.
00:06This is the story of movement.
00:08It's about finding that turning point when physical disability is no longer limitation, but a part of your character.
00:14A skier off Kleenex Corner Road.
00:16Skier versus tree.
00:18There's no feeling in legs.
00:20Like most movements, this one began with a crystallizing event.
00:25A 55-year-old male who has impacted a tree at a high rate of speed.
00:30Rick spent the next six years, through nine different surgeries, trying to stay alive, maintain his life and his career.
00:38In the beginning, they were very surprised that I had survived the crash, the hit that I took.
00:44For the longest time, I had no desire to put on skis and get back on the mountain.
00:50And then suddenly, about a year ago, I just started missing it so much.
00:58Our movement started with the word, never.
01:02You'll never walk again.
01:04You'll never be able to see.
01:07You'll never live to the age of five.
01:10Never?
01:11Our heroes refused to accept that word.
01:14The doctor said there was zero percent chance that I would live.
01:18Not one percent, but zero.
01:19I lost my desire to really know what I wanted to be.
01:24I knew that I either wanted to be a ski patrol, a pro patrol.
01:28And for me, at 20 years old, I was scared to death that my life might be over.
01:34That I might not be able to do what I wanted to do.
01:36When I tell the story in front of people, I start crying.
01:39You know, it's just kind of silly for an 80-year-old guy.
01:42I think I had a reason for being handicapped.
01:46To show people and grown-ups that handicapped people are just the same and can do everything regular people can
01:54do.
01:55If you get up and try, maybe you can do it.
01:58That isn't how I felt when I got hurt.
02:01Think for a moment about what it would take to return to the mountain where your life was changed forever.
02:06Six years since I've been on the mountain, I got hurt on the snow.
02:10And psychologically, you know, I've got to overcome that.
02:13Am I going to be tethered?
02:14Now.
02:24So we're on the big lift now.
02:26How do you feel about that?
02:28I want to watch these guys.
02:29And how fast do they go?
02:3170, 80.
02:33Wow.
02:34I'm sure Chris has gone that fast.
02:36The Movement, a new film narrated by Robert Redford and ski movie legend Warren Miller.
02:48For Rick, getting back to the sport he once loved was not going to be easy.
02:52Breathe, breathe, breathe.
02:54Eyes down here, eyes down here.
02:55Rick, Rick.
02:57I don't have the fear now.
02:58I just have the frustration.
02:59So I want to, you know, I just want to be better.
03:02Smile, man.
03:03Come on.
03:04I'm breathing.
03:05You're skiing.
03:05That's the best.
03:06You're skiing.
03:07At least I'm breathing.
03:08When he severed his spine that day, Rick Finkelstein joined a group he'd never considered.
03:13people living with disabilities.
03:16But he vowed the mountain wouldn't have the last sight.
03:35Movements are more than good ideas.
03:37It must mean something, and it must be worth fighting for.
03:41Woo!
03:42Yeah!
03:44You got a little air there.
03:46What the f*** is that?
03:48The Movement.
03:49One man joins an uprising.
03:51Featuring music from Foo Fighters, Katie Lang, and U2.
03:54Coming soon, visit makeahero.org.
03:57Good.
03:58All right.
03:59You may be really angry.
04:01It's terrible in the legacy line.
