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Kathy Vander:
"What I like
about the film is
that we're looking
at everyday lift.

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Right:
"Walk This Way"
tells the story of Ron
Bachman, who has
triumhed over the
loss of his legs.

son, and Ron's not a religious person,
but I do believe there's a spiritual side
to him and everybody, really, that
keeps people going."
Vander, also 41, was a producer-
writer at WXYZ-TV before she
became an instructor. Bachman asked
for her help to communicate his expe-
a riences.
Her two previous documentaries,
both distributed to schools and muse-
urns, are Threads of Survival, about
Hmong women from Laos preserving
their artistic tradition, and The Poet's
Voice, which explores the writing tal-
ents of Detroiter Naomi Long
Madgett.
"What I like about the film is that
- we're looking at everyday life," said
Vander." Ron does the things all of us
do -but under different conditions.
Some of my favorite segments were
watching him and his daughter in the
grocery store."
It took Vander almost seven years
to make the film. Besides waiting for

finding from public and private
sources, she and Bachman both had to
find time to make it.
"The film shows me in the way I
want to be seen," Bachman said. "I
was concerned about going public
because I didn't want it to turn into a
freak show. I wanted it to be about tri-
umph.
"It shows how I found strength
because I always had friends. I never
felt that I was by myself."
Vander, a University of Michigan
graduate who now produces corporate
videos for AAA, cherishes the close
friendship she developed with the star
of her film. Another friend of Bachman
is Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler.
Tyler was playing a song during a
concert when he noticed Bachman
perched on his hands
along a barricade. The
entertainer invited
Bachman backstage,
and he was invited to
spend time on the road
with the band.
With that insight
into entertainment,
Bachman became a
booking agent for
bands and also worked
in sales.
A graduate of Cody
High School in
Detroit, Bachman is
very proud of his
daughter, Alicia, who is
entering Michigan
State University.
In the film, Alicia, 18,
talks about growing up unaware of the
uniqueness of her father's situation.
"The most important challenge in
my life was raising my daughter," said
Bachman, who is now divorced. "I
think of the responsibility as a gift
from God."
Now that the film is completed and
holds a CINE Golden Eagle Award,
Vander's task is to find a company that
either wants to buy the film or distrib-
ute it. She thinks the search will take
another year.
"Because our handicapped popula-
tion is large and growing as we get
older, it's a group that all of us could be
part of at any time," Vander said. ❑

Walk This Way will be shown at 7
and 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at .
the Penn Theater, 760 Penniman,
in Plymouth. Tickets are $10. For
more information or to reserve
tickets, call (248) 542-8935.

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