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202434 minPGdocumentary

Disability Inclusion

Facing the Falls

202434 minPGdocumentary

Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan, an international disability rights advocate, undertakes a 12-day expedition through the Grand Canyon despite a debilitating muscle-wasting disease.

Disability Inclusion

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Celia Aniskovich

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Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan, an international disability rights advocate, undertakes a 12-day expedition through the Grand Canyon despite a debilitating muscle-wasting disease.

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Celia Aniskovich

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The film tells the story of international disability rights advocate and entrepreneur, Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan. Deep in the throes of an aggressive, fatal muscle-wasting disease and no longer able to walk unassisted, Cara ventures out on a daring, 12-day expedition through the Grand Canyon.

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