With loss of bladder and bowel function, Brett describes her struggles with going to the bathroom. Brett goes to physical therapy sessions where she relearns to swim and doctors stimulate blood flow to her legs. Most of the film, however, dwells on the gritty realities of spinal cord injury. She’s giddy after her first post-accident hookup. She celebrates getting outside on an off-road hand cycle. At times light, Brett is joyous after securing a job with the National Parks Service providing resources for adaptive visitors. The film focuses on Brett’s day-to-day life-her processing, her grief, her fears, and her hopes for the future. Henna Taylor, director, began filming Brett in January 2018. It was the worst part of my life, and now you’re going to watch it,” said Brett in the film’s intro. “I’m scared and embarrassed for people to see this part of me. It’s a deeply intimate, if at times provocative, film, a resounding expression of the human soul.

She was left paralyzed from the waist down.Īn Accidental Life, which has been nominated for best Feature at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, starts after that: In this breathless transition in which Brett attempts to reconcile the loss of her legs and learn to move forward. Brett broke four ribs, punctured a lung, bruised her liver, and fractured her 12th thoracic vertebrae. In October 2017, accomplished big wall climber Quinn Brett took a life-changing fall while attempting to set a new speed record of the Nose. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!

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