Athens, Georgia

The Road To Freedom joined Mark Johnson and the Darius Goes West crew at the movie's premiere in Athens, Georgia. Front and center is Darius Weems, a 15-year-old with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, who had never left his hometown of Athens, Georgia. In the summer of 2005, he and a group of young college students traveled across the country in a wheelchair-accessible RV to test accessibility in America. Their ultimate goal was to reach Los Angeles and convince MTV's hit show, "Pimp My Ride," to customize Darius's wheelchair. Along the way, they found joy, brotherhood, and the knowledge that life, even when imperfect, is always worth the ride.

Athens, Georgia

The Road To Freedom joined Mark Johnson and the Darius Goes West crew at the movie's premiere in Athens, Georgia. Front and center is Darius Weems, a 15-year-old with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, who had never left his hometown of Athens, Georgia. In the summer of 2005, he and a group of young college students traveled across the country in a wheelchair-accessible RV to test accessibility in America. Their ultimate goal was to reach Los Angeles and convince MTV's hit show, "Pimp My Ride," to customize Darius's wheelchair. Along the way, they found joy, brotherhood, and the knowledge that life, even when imperfect, is always worth the ride.