WW Pick: Indestructible
By Daniel Green
Willamette Week

An autobiographical documentary follows Ben Byer, a sufferer of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), as he films himself over a three-year period: “To fight it [ALS], you need to know about it.” With the help of friends and family, Byer travels to six countries and interviews doctors, religious leaders and fellow ALS patients. As he is robbed of his vitality and his body melts away, Byer illuminates the realities of this terrible fate while maintaining a don’t-pity-me smile. Touching and emotionally jarring, Indestructible is a beautiful film that made me feel ugly for ever taking my health for granted. This film should be obligatory for anyone who knows anybody living with ALS. And for those who don’t, still check it out. If you watch this film and don’t tear up, find a psychiatrist—you’re as broken on the inside as Byer is on the outside.