Filmmaker Statement

Two years ago, Sara reached out about her Lowest to Highest FKT attempt—her final big effort in the body she had always known. She told us about her mother’s battle with cancer and that she carried the BRCA1 mutation herself. My own mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was in middle school. I remember her calm more than her fear—an unwavering resolve that brought me peace. Only later did I understand that peace came from knowing she would fight, no matter the outcome. Cancer revealed who she truly was: impossibly strong. Watching Sara move with grace and fierce calm through the desert, I recognized that same strength—fear transformed into resolve. This film became a meditation on that transformation. Through both women, I came to understand that endurance is not about defying pain, but embracing it. I hope this story captures even a fraction of the beauty and strength that carried them forward.