An Accidental Life

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival

Quinn Brett was a hard-charging, record-setting mountain climber before a fall on Yosemite's famous El Capitan left her nearly dead and without the use of her legs. In the film An Accidental Life, director Henna Taylor intimately portrays Brett's arduous rehab and journey to find meaning in all that's been taken away from her. In this episode of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival podcast, Taylor and ESPN Missoula's Andrew Houghton discuss Brett's story and what drew Taylor to make such an emotional, wrenching film.