Synopsis

GO FAR is a biographical documentary that tells the life story of Christopher Rush, a person who achieved extraordinary goals despite impossible odds.

At the age of seven months old, doctors diagnosed Chris with spinal muscular atrophy, one of the most debilitating forms of muscular dystrophy. His life expectancy was two years – he lived thirty. In that time, he was a local, state, and national poster child and spokesperson for the Muscular Dystrophy Association where he met countless celebrities and political figures including Ronald Reagan, Dan Marino, Harrison Ford, and Sammy Davis Jr, just to name a few. He threw the first pitch out at many major league baseball games, he went to his high school prom, he was the manager of his basketball team, he was the only licensed scuba diver in the country with muscular dystrophy, he graduated high school at the top of his class, he has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, and in 2005 he graduated from Wayne State University with a law degree. He was studying for the bar exam when he died of respiratory failure.

Chris achieved all of this having lived his entire life from a wheelchair. For many of his remaining years the only voluntary function he could control was speech. Despite the insurmountable odds, he maintained an optimistic outlook on life, and moreover, he inspired everyone around him to do the same. Shortly before his death, Chris developed a motivational program to help anyone achieve their goals, regardless of the obstacles. He called it GO FAR. This film teaches his program using his life experiences and achievements to inspire those with goals to achieve them, no matter what.