Der blev ikke forventet særlig meget af den kvikke, men dovne kosmologistuderende Stephen Hawking, da han som 21-årige blev diagnosticeret med den dødelige sygdom amyotrofisk lateralsklerose og får to år at leve i. Men på universitet i Cambridge møder han den kunststuderende Jane Wilde og hendes kærlighed gav ham styrken til at kæmpe for sit liv. Hawking ender med både at blive udråbt som Einsteins efterfølger og far til tre børn. I løbet af deres ægteskab lammes Stephens krop langsomt samtidig med, at hans akademiske omdømme når nye højder. Hawkings sygdom sætter deres forhold på alvorlige prøver og ændrer deres liv for altid. I hovedrollerne kan man opleve Eddie Redmayne og Felicity Jones.
This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawking's friends, family, classmates, and peers are interviewed not only about his theories but the man himself.
Celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and other Black NFL players took a knee.
Film that tells the story of Los Gatos (California) high school football coach Charlie Wedemeyer. At 31, onetime football pro Wedemeyer is living the American dream; a winning team, a happy marriage and public adulation.
A story of an improbable friendship between a Santa Barbara socialite, suffering from ALS and her caretaker from Senegal.
Legendary ballplayer and humanitarian Lou Gehrig and his relationship with his stalwart wife, Eleanor, are portrayed in this film that focuses on the Hall of Famer's life off the baseball field. Featuring unflinching looks at the Gehrigs' relationship, as well as Lou's feud with Babe Ruth. This film is for anyone interested in baseball. [imdb]
A young girl discovers her single father is suffering from ALS. She later has to give up her dreams of going to culinary school to become her fathers caregiver.
After a harrowing diagnosis, Eric is given the opportunity to test a virtual-living experience. But glitches in the system start to show that his newfound “freedom” isn’t all it seems.
When doctors diagnosed 19-year-old rock star Jason Becker with Lou Gehrig's Disease, they said he would never make music again and that he wouldn’t live to see his 25th birthday. 22 years later, without the ability to move or to speak, Jason is alive and making music with his eyes.
Matter of Mind: My ALS follows three people living with the fatal illness ALS, in an intimate exploration of the complex choices confronting them and the different paths they find.
Follows the lives of three sisters affected by one having ALS, finding a cure, and the foundation formed to combat the disease, Project ALS.
An ALS-diagnosed artist and her husband come to terms with their diminishing time and marital problems on a trip to visit her doctors.
A high school principal is embraced by his community as he continues to lead the school, despite rapidly losing his ability to walk and speak due to the debilitating effects of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).