Bong and Donnell

This award-winning documentary chronicles the lives of Bong, a boy with physical disabilities, and his best friend Donnell from third grade through high school. Bong impresses his mainstream classmates with his sense of humor. After elementary school, the boys have trouble focusing on homework and obeying rules as they become typical middle school students experiencing the joy, pain, and exuberance of adolescence. By high school they are immersed in the dating scene and even make a movie about who can pick up the most girls at a mall. Their humorous teen male fantasy wins a Golden Apple Award and lands them in People magazine and on Good Morning America. The story of these two young men demonstrates the power of friendship over adversity and prejudice. (52 minutes