Το φιτρί αγόρι (colourful life)

Two weeks ago, doing some TV channel surfing with Betabug, we put a channel that was broadcasting some videos about the 2008 Paralympic Games. We were a bit shocked when we saw some guys riding MadMax style wheelchairs and kicking each other out of the playing area. They were playing Wheelchair Rugby (known also as Murderball).

Some days later, Betabug found a movie about this sport. Is the movie I’d like to recommend you: Murderball. This documentary focus the story on the U.S.A. team and their members, also talking a bit about their lives in a wheelchair.

It starts talking a bit about the sport and the U.S.A. team, but after some minutes you’ll get inside the life of the players: their feelings about the game, and also about their daily lives and problems. It also shows the confrontation with the Canada team and how competitive people can be (It doesn’t matter if you have legs or not).

In the end I got the feeling that all our problems are nothing compared with what these people have to stand everyday and how they’re able to accomplish their lifes. They do things that we can say “It’s impossible”, and you can see in their eyes that “they’re alive”.

My personal mark: 8,5 (a must see).

About Paralympics

We usually focus all our media and attention in these guys that excel in the sport they like. But some times we forgot other sports for people who live in a different way, for example in a wheelchair. This got my attention now, perhaps because I got so bored of the typical sports in the olympic games that when I saw people giving their best but in something totally different… I just liked it.