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The Ride is an award winning documentary directed by Sandra Cook that chronicles the journey of four men, as they journey 5000 km across the Australian outback on quad bikes. But this is no ordinary road movie. Three of the men are paraplegics, and one a quadriplegic. Their encounters with mud, deserts, floods and exhaustion test their resilience and endurance to breaking point.
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Stop the documentary at 3.18. What are your first impressions of the men?
Stop the documentary at 3.18. What are your first impressions of the men?
Describe Craig’s medical condition.
Describe Craig’s medical condition.
Jim makes an announcement at the beginning of the journey that outlines what the men intend to do. What are their aims and how long is their journey?
Jim makes an announcement at the beginning of the journey that outlines what the men intend to do. What are their aims and how long is their journey?
List the occupations that the men work in.
List the occupations that the men work in.
How did Anton try to deal with his injury?
How did Anton try to deal with his injury?
Terry talks about the fact that ‘After the crash I couldn’t imagine doing anything like this, it was just me in a chair and everyone looking at you thinking that is so sad.’ What was your reaction when you realised what the men were aiming to do on their journey?
Terry talks about the fact that ‘After the crash I couldn’t imagine doing anything like this, it was just me in a chair and everyone looking at you thinking that is so sad.’ What was your reaction when you realised what the men were aiming to do on their journey?
The journey is difficult enough as it is for the men but more obstacles present themselves as Jim tries to reach his crash site. How do the men overcome them?
The journey is difficult enough as it is for the men but more obstacles present themselves as Jim tries to reach his crash site. How do the men overcome them?
The central characters in the documentary are: Jim, Anton, Terry and Craig.
The central characters in the documentary are: Jim, Anton, Terry and Craig.
Choose one of the men to focus on when completing these questions.
Choose one of the men to focus on when completing these questions.
List the personal qualities that your chosen character displays in the documentary.
List the personal qualities that your chosen character displays in the documentary.
Describe what the person was like before the accident
Describe what the person was like before the accident
In what ways did the accident affect their life?
In what ways did the accident affect their life?
What are the challenges they face on the journey shown in the documentary?
What are the challenges they face on the journey shown in the documentary?
How did they react to revisiting their crash site?
How did they react to revisiting their crash site?
How does the experience change them?
How does the experience change them?
In what ways were the lives of the people around them affected as they rebuilt their life after the accident?
In what ways were the lives of the people around them affected as they rebuilt their life after the accident?
What impact does the journey have on the lives of people that surround them?
What impact does the journey have on the lives of people that surround them?
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