Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story (2012) - Synopsis

Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story tells the true life struggles of a young basketball player who makes NCAA history by becoming the first Division One college basketball player to play with a disability. His inspiring true story takes viewers into the life of Kevin, exposing moments of hardship, sadness, and triumph as he discovers how to achieve his dreams as an athlete. A serendipitous meeting at an AAU event with opposing coach and filmmaker Franklin Martin let to the inception of Long Shot. Over the next four years, Martin chronicled the day-to-day struggles of a teenage boy coming to terms with his need for his deceased father’s approval by pursuing his seemingly impossible dream of becoming the first one-armed player in the history of college basketball.