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Getting Up: The Tempt One Story
| Length: | 72 min |
| Released: | 2012 |
| Ages: |
High School College Adult |
How does a fallen man get back up?
Tony "Tempt" Quan is a legendary LA graffiti artist, social activist, and publisher. In 2003, he was diagnosed with ALS (also called Lou Gherig’s disease), a paralyzing degenerative nerve disorder which has rendered him unable to move, breathe, or speak.
But his mind and creative spirit remain intact.
In 2009, Mick Ebeling and his Not Impossible Foundation brought a motley crew of international hackers and artists to Los Angeles to attempt the impossible: invent a low-cost, open source DIY device that would allow Tempt to once again create art using the only part of his body that still moves, his eyes. After harrowing rounds of trial and error, The EYEWRITER was born and Tempt was once again able to create art.
Getting Up beautifully illustrates that through the will of two men, and on the shoulders of a community, anything is possible.
Tony "Tempt" Quan is a legendary LA graffiti artist, social activist, and publisher. In 2003, he was diagnosed with ALS (also called Lou Gherig’s disease), a paralyzing degenerative nerve disorder which has rendered him unable to move, breathe, or speak.
But his mind and creative spirit remain intact.
In 2009, Mick Ebeling and his Not Impossible Foundation brought a motley crew of international hackers and artists to Los Angeles to attempt the impossible: invent a low-cost, open source DIY device that would allow Tempt to once again create art using the only part of his body that still moves, his eyes. After harrowing rounds of trial and error, The EYEWRITER was born and Tempt was once again able to create art.
Getting Up beautifully illustrates that through the will of two men, and on the shoulders of a community, anything is possible.
"Wow. Street art. Gee-whiz tech. An indomitable human spirit. A commercial director's eye for details. Getting Up, a documentary about how graffiti artist Tempt One gets back to making art after being stricken with a disease that leaves him virtually paralyzed, is an exceptional story crafted into an exceptional film."
–Huffington Post
"It’s a film that will make you smile and think positively about the future of one bedridden artist and of all mankind."
–Indiewire
"Art and technology combine to inspirational effect."
–Hollywood Reporter
–Huffington Post
"It’s a film that will make you smile and think positively about the future of one bedridden artist and of all mankind."
–Indiewire
"Art and technology combine to inspirational effect."
–Hollywood Reporter
Winner, Best Director, Downtown Film Festival, 2012
Audience Award Winner, Slamdance, 2012
Official Selection, Bend Film, 2012
Official Selection, Hawaii International Film Festival, 2012
Official Selection, Napa Valley Film Festival, 2012
Official Selection, St. Louis International Film Festival, 2012
Official Selection, Urban World Film Festival, 2012
Official Selection, Other Venice Film Festival, 2012
Audience Award Winner, Slamdance, 2012
Official Selection, Bend Film, 2012
Official Selection, Hawaii International Film Festival, 2012
Official Selection, Napa Valley Film Festival, 2012
Official Selection, St. Louis International Film Festival, 2012
Official Selection, Urban World Film Festival, 2012
Official Selection, Other Venice Film Festival, 2012
