Crutch

[Available on Discovery+.] Sachi Cunningham and Chandler Evans' fascinating, entertaining, engaging, inspirational, 98-minute, 2020 documentary that showcases the life and career of talented hip-hop/breakdancing dancer, skateboarder, and choreographer Bill 'Crutch' Shannon, who suffers from Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease that affects the hip sockets, as he creatively uses rocker crutches to aid in walking and in his live performance art and consists of enlightening commentary by parents Randa Shannon and Randy Shannon, brother Ben Shannon, wife Leah Lizarondo, Perthes Foundation founder Earle Cole, professors Rosemarie Garland-Thomas and Susan G. Cumings, Step Fenz dancers David Fogler and Tony Olivio, Rock Steady Crew dancers Alien Ness and Frosty Freeze, friend Jeff Chavez, artist Raphael Xavier, and performance artist Claire Cunningham and excerpts from shows such as Old Rain, AOW: Remix, The Art of Weightlessness, Work It Out, Sketchy, Window, Bench, Cirque du Soleil Varekai, Touch Update, and Slow Dancing.
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