Man On Wire By Shanelle Lester

Man on Wire, a Grand Jury Prize that won the World Cinema Documentary and the World Cinema Audience Award, is a documentary directed by James Marsh that enlightens its audience about a man named Philippe Petit who was a tightrope walker with a dream and gained fame from his high wire walk between the Twin Towers in New York (obviously prior to September 11, 2001). Although Philippe was arrested, there was no shame or regrets of what he did, only relief and pride in his accomplishments. What he achieved was something no other man was able to do back in his time. It took Philippe a lot of planning and practicing walking on wires back at home so he could be prepared to take on the Twin Towers. The concept of this documentary was a man who was committed to wanting to achieve his goal. It taught people that they can do anything they want I they put their minds to it and stick with it, but it will be a bumpy road and a struggle  -  i you're committed you can work through it [walk the walk].

This documentary had an incredible background story featuring the struggles that Philippe had went through to accomplish his goals. Philippe hid from the cops, almost getting caught, he had also injured his leg stepping on a nail, but these setbacks didn’t stop him. The injury to his foot was actually an advantage to him because no one expects a man on crutches to be up something illegal. Nothing stopped Philippe from pursuing his belief that he would walk on a high wire between the Twin Towers and that of he doesn’t make it he’d die doing something he loves. Although Philippe was arrested he was neither mad nor sad about thinking of what the consequences would be; he was relieved  that he was able to accomplish something great. Philippe friendships didn't last  -  they kind of split apart once their mission was done. But they all were happy that they were able to be a  part of something so amazing but now it was onto something different something where their time together would come to an end.