Crutch

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CRUTCH chronicles the gravity-defying life of Bill Shannon, an internationally renowned artist, breakdancer and skate punk—on crutches. Dance, art, performance, and disability politics converge in this entertaining and enlightening portrait of Shannon, a man who wields his crutches as tools of expression and instruments for audience provocation. The film journeys through a decade of intimate access and a lifetime of archival footage that includes Shannon’s stage work for Cirque du Soleil, the Sydney Opera House, the Tate Modern, and the Chicago MOCA.

2021 · 1h 36m
Starring Bill Shannon

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CRUTCH chronicles the gravity-defying life of Bill Shannon, an internationally renowned artist, breakdancer and skate punk—on crutches. Dance, art, performance, and disability politics converge in this entertaining and enlightening portrait of Shannon, a man who wields his crutches as tools of expression and instruments for audience provocation. The film journeys through a decade of intimate access and a lifetime of archival footage that includes Shannon’s stage work for Cirque du Soleil, the Sydney Opera House, the Tate Modern, and the Chicago MOCA.

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Studio
Shout! Factory
Released
2021
Run Time
1 hr 36 min
Rated
Unrated
Region of Origin
United States
© 2021 Crutch Doc, LLC under exclusive license to Shout! Factory LLC

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AD, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.