Still from License to Die: The Pat Rowe Story
Directed by: Daniel M. Crapsi
License to Die: The Pat Rowe Story
Buffalo Toronto Public Media
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Daniel M. Crapsi (Dir), 115 minutes, USA, Western New York Premiere
Director Daniel M. Crapsi and Producer Ginny Temple in attendance.
An inspirational and sometimes heartbreaking story, License to Die: The Pat Rowe Story, explores disability issues through the life of Pat Rowe, a man with cerebral palsy.
Orphaned early, he overcame a life of singular struggles to become a role model to many as the founder of Silver Wheels, a Buffalo wheelchair football team. Countless disabled youth and their families saw him as a mentor and leader. Ironically, his leadership role made him the target of a violent, near deadly, assault that at once shocked the community and renewed Pat’s purpose for living.
His stubborn perseverance drove him to become a lifelong advocate for the disabled.
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