• 6 months ago
For Love & Life: No Ordinary Campaign is an emotionally gripping documentary presented by Amazon MGM Studios, a Lime Charlie Production in association with The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

The film follows the life of Brian Wallach and his wife Sandra in the aftermath of his ALS diagnosis at age 37. Exemplifying bravery, inspiration, and hope, Brian and Sandra, continue to fight against a broken system for their own future, while seeking to build a brighter one for countless others.

For Love & Life: No Ordinary Campaign is directed by Christopher Burke and produced by Tim Rummel and Christopher Burke. Executive producers for the film are Jeff MacGregor, Katie Couric, Phil Rosenthal, Brian Wallach, and Sandra Abrevaya.

For Love & Life: No Ordinary Campaign is releasing on May 28 on Amazon Prime Video.
Transcript
00:00I remember someone told me, you have to meet this guy, he's going to change the world.
00:06And he did.
00:09I met Brian on the 2008 campaign for Obama.
00:12Sandra, what do you look for in a guy?
00:14You've got it all, baby.
00:18We found out Brian had ALS the day we came home from the hospital with our second daughter.
00:23I had gone to a neurologist for what I thought was a standard checkup.
00:28The doctor said on average people live six months after they're diagnosed.
00:34Every doctor we saw said the same thing.
00:36I'm sorry, but we can't help you.
00:39The system is broken for this disease.
00:41When you're told that the world you believed you were going to live in is no longer there,
00:46you have to either choose to curl up into a ball or act.
00:51So I turned to Sandra and said, I think I want to start an ALS non-profit.
00:55And her response was, no.
00:59And he ignored me, like he always does.
01:02If you want to defeat ALS, you need everyone working together.
01:06They took this extraordinary challenge and said, we're going to go out and make things happen.
01:12If we're able to untangle ALS, we might be able to help others.
01:16I am in awe of Brian Wallach.
01:19He wants to give back and take care of the next person that gets diagnosed.
01:26I've never experienced a movement like this.
01:30It's changing history in front of our eyes.
01:35Brian's ALS has accelerated a lot.
01:37We feel like we're running out of time.
01:40Hey Brian, we're going to do this.
01:43Hey Brian, we're going to do this.
01:46There's always been a way.
01:51This guy actually worked.
01:55I don't think there's any test of the human spirit more telling than someone saying,
01:58you don't have a long time to live, and responding in this way.
02:01I am ALS! I am ALS!
02:14I'm exhausted, but this is what I want to be doing.
02:20I can't keep up.
02:21You're back to yourself.