Plot: The heart-rending documentary Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life opens with the assertion that 15-year-old Darius Weems, a wheelchair-bound, African American young man stricken with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, has never left Georgian soil. Read More
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Darius Goes West is a documentary about 15-year-old Darius Weems, who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), a progressive and terminal illness that takes the lives of its victims in their late teens to early 20s. The film follows Darius and his 11...

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