Jason, a young filmmaker, who studied at Emily Carr College in Vancouver, was on holiday with his family when he fell on the beach and was unable to get up. He is diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis. Unable to continue with his film projects, he begins to film the progression of his disease. Jason’s family is very supportive and, while attending an MS support group, he meets Alice who will become his wife. Although there are times when Jason is despondent, his strength, and the strength of his family, make this a very uplifting film. By the end of the film Alice has become Jason’s hands in the editing room, and they are expecting a child.

The filmmaker’s mother and brother were in attendance at the screening. She says that Jason’s baby has just celebrated his first birthday, and that Jason is now a quadriplegic but his cognitive skills are undiminished.

This documentary film follows five people who work in the oils sands and, in their off time, sing at a Karaoke bar in Fort McMurray. I didn’t connect at all with the characters, and only one of them indicated she had qualms about the environmental issues of the project. All of them, and most of their colleagues, were there to make a lot of money in order to get out of debt and then move on with their lives.