Film
Walking Towards Pain
A life with Lupus can't stop you from summiting your first mountain. We follow Ani on her hike alongside the uncertainty of how long her recovery will be if she succeeds.
About
Running time
29 minutes
Our Judges say:
Living an adventurous outdoor life with chronic illness isn't an easy subject to tackle. Ani gives us a very honest and vulnerable insight into the depths she has to dig to do things many of us take for granted.Hannah Maia
Ani, a 26 year old Muslim hiker with Lupus, embarks on her first ever mountain hike. With the uncertainty of how much pain her body will be in during the hike combined with not knowing how long her recovery period post-hike will be, Ani had been too scared to hike a mountain for many years. Now, in 2022, she decided for her birthday that it was the right time, and she chose Helvellyn to be the mountain. This film documents not only the hike challenge itself, but also the 2 week period in recovery to show the impact that the hike had on Ani's body.
