License to Die: The Pat Rowe Story

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.