When Christopher Reeve was thrown from a horse during an equestrian event in Virginia in 1995, resulting in the “Superman” actor becoming paralyzed from the neck down, the immense irony was lost on no one – a once-invincible-seeming giant of Hollywood was now laid vulnerable and prone. That was far from the end of his story, though, as Reeve continued to work in entertainment and became a fierce voice for people with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities before his death in 2004.
The new documentary “Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” reconstructs his life and career, ultimately rendering a sensitive, harrowing and incredibly human portrait of the man as actor, advocate, husband and father.
The film’s directors Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui – the duo behind the Netflix Paralympic doc “Rising Phoenix” from 2020 as well as “McQueen” from 2018 – took many important ideas away from making the project, perhaps most notably what it taught them about grief and loss.
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