Darius Goes West

Darius Goes West: The Roll of his Life is a documentary by Logan Smalley about Darius Weems, a teenager afflicted with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who embarked during the Summer of 2005 on a 7,000 mile road trip across the United States to promote awareness of the fatal disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and to raise money for research into a cure. Logan Smalley was a counselor at a 'Project REACH' camp, a facility is set up to give the experiences of being at 'camp' to children with disabilities, when he met Darius Weems. He had first met Darius' brother Mario, who was himself suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Mario had asked Logan to "look out for my little brother", and Logan took that promise to heart. After reading a...