Suffering together reduces all of our suffering
Synopsis
Kyle Bryant and Sean Baumstark, disabled by a rare disease, embark on a grueling 200-mile ride up Umling La, the world’s highest road. Supported by a dedicated team, their epic ride mirrors their community’s 30-year battle for a breakthrough drug approval. As the team pedals, they carry the hope of thousands fighting for time, treatment, and a future.
Diagnosed decades ago with Friedreich’s Ataxia, Kyle and Sean have defied the odds – dedicating time, energy, and optimism to awareness and the dream of treatments that extend lives with FA.
Filmed over two years in the U.S. and India, The Highest Road involved complex logistics, extreme terrain, remote locations, and aerial drone cinematography.
It takes many people to find an effective treatment, develop it into a drug, and get it through regulatory approval. These are only a few of those heroes.
The Highest Road was directed by Allan Thompson, produced by Robert Carroll, written by Alex Schnitzler and edited by Daniel Laabs.