Live stream preview

Watch this video and more on The Criterion Channel

Watch this video and more on The Criterion Channel

Start your free trial

Already subscribed? Sign in

21st Century Cinema

When I Walk

1h 24m

Directed by Jason DaSilva • 2013 • United States
Starring Alice Cook, Jason DaSilva

Facing a life-altering multiple-sclerosis diagnosis at age twenty-five, filmmaker Jason DaSilva picked up a camera, turned it on his declining body, and set out on a worldwide journey in search of healing, self-discovery, and love. An emotional documentary filled with unexpected moments of humor and joy, WHEN I WALK is a life-affirming film driven by a young man’s determination to survive—and to make sense of a devastating disease through the art of cinema.

Up Next in 21st Century Cinema

  • For My Alien Friend
    1:13:37
    For My Alien Friend

    For My Alien Friend

    Directed by Jet Leyco • 2019 • Philippines

    A lone stranger broadcasts fragments of life he has witnessed on Earth to an extraterrestrial friend, hoping to make a connection across space and time and to communicate the human experience to other beings. Spanning the cosmic and the comical, Jet Ley...

  • the river that never ends
    19:02
    the river that never ends

    the river that never ends

    Directed by JT Trinidad • 2022 • Philippines
    Starring Emerald Romero, Hesus Deligero, Ron Go

    Along a river undergoing major development, Baby, a middle-aged trans woman, shuttles between her job as a companion-for-hire for strangers and her duty to her father. As the people around Baby start to ...

  • Cleaners
    1:18:54
    Cleaners

    Cleaners

    Directed by Glenn Barit • 2019 • Philippines
    Starring Ianna Taguinod, Leomar Baloran, Julian Narag

    At a Catholic high school in the Philippine city of Tuguegarao, a rambunctious batch of students rebel against all expectations to be clean: a germaphobe is tested by a bout of uncontrollable diarr...

×