Phil's Camino: So Far, So Good (2018)

Phil's Camino is the story of a man with stage 4 cancer who dreams of walking the Camino de Santiago, a 500 mile long spiritual pilgrimage in Spain. Getting chemo treatments every two weeks, he is unable to travel so he does the next best thing: he makes his own Camino in his backyard, walking the perimeter of his property going through woods and pasture, and sets out to walk his way across Spain without ever leaving home. Eventually finishing in his backyard he is granted permission to miss a chemo treatment and he travels to Spain, along the way realizing his greatest pilgrimage is the one he travels within. This film is a longer version of the 2016 short documentary PHIL'S CAMINO which premiered at SXSW where it was nominated for a grand jury prize. This extended version (54 minutes) is fuller, richer, and let's us know the subject, Phil, even better. it is a riveting story, full of inspiration, charm, and tackles how one man has faced his own mortality. All ages appropriate, PHIL'S CAMINO: SO FAR, SO GOOD shares his remarkable response to what looked to be impossible.