Presents the determination and cooperation between a blind man (Harry Cordellos) and his sighted partner (Mike Restani) when they took on the grueling Dipsea cross-country race over the California mountains and through rain forests. “The Dipsea Race is like life. You don’t win it…you survive it.” Harry Cordellos.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
014735
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Blind orientation and mobility
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Blindness
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Cross-country running
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)