Ask the Filmmaker

This chat has ended (watch the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_KSQhbEbgw). Thank you to all who participated and submitted questions.

On Tuesday, July 8, 2014, filmmaker Niko von Glasow and Paralympic Gold Medalist Greg Polychronidis of My Way to Olympia took your questions during an online Google+ video chat about the making of the documentary and realities of disabled athletes.

There's more from Niko and Greg in the additional video section.

Continue the conversation in the comments or by using the hashtag #MyWayToOlympia on social media.

A fresh, funny, uplifting documentary about disabled athletes. By making himself part of the story, Niko von Glasow enriches the film with his own life experience, but also with deadpan charm and irreverent humor.

— Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter

[von Glasow] starts defying expectations...By the film's end, do you sense that you know these athletes' stories and feelings better than you would have with a conventional approach? The likely answer is yes.

— Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times

This is only partially a story of the glory of sport, or the pluckiness of the physically challenged...von Glasow is...less interested in who wins than in their family dynamics and inner life.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times

Forced to participate in athletics as a kid, [von Glasow] grew up hating sports—which doesn't keep his film...from being touching, funny and even inspirational.

— New York Daily News