04/08/2020
Something great for you to watch at home - Despite The Loss. Amateur videographer, racer, engine builder, and amputee telling his own story. To quote Hagerty: "The film is wholehearted tribute to the challenges of working on a project that goes in a direction you can’t predict, and that’s something anyone who’s ever stared at a broken car, wondering how they’re ever going to fix it, can appreciate."
We were really inspired by this quote from Jason: "I didn’t like how disability was portrayed. It was inspiration porn,” Schneider says. “They tie their shoes at the end and it’s a miracle. These films are usually made by able-bodied people, and I wanted to tell my own perspective that wasn’t exploitative and showed people’s real, full lives."
Here's the full Hagerty writeup, with links to both Amazon Prime and Vimeo streams. https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/despite-the-loss-peels-back-the-layers-of-life-as-a-racer/