One of the hardest parts was interviewing the students and hearing their heartbreaking stories. We also had trouble initially convincing people we were serious filmmakers at the age of 20.

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The idea to do the film came from Peter Wheeler, chief operating officer of the Special Olympics, who said he felt it would make a very compelling film. He and Charlie flew over in May 2003 to investigate. Charlie then called me at 4 a.m. one night to say we had to go back to make that film.

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