From an
award-winning
documentary
series
To a multi-generational hero's journey movement.
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Third Base World Premiere at the
World Parkinson Congress 2026
Wednesday, May 27th @ 12:20p, Film Lounge in the Phoenix Convention Center
What began in 2004 as a father-son baseball road trip has become a singular 22-year longitudinal portrait of Parkinson’s, family, aging, resilience, and endurance.
More than a film series, Boys of Summer is now a growing movement using research, storytelling, community, and the work of our 501(c)3 nonprofit, Yes, And…X, as its fiscal sponsor. We transform isolation into connection, helping families and communities of people face Parkinson’s — and life itself — together.
The story continues...
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Express
Connect
Thrive
Boys of Summer
The Hero's Journey
Experience the Journey
More than a keynote, Boys of Summer: The Hero’s Journey is an immersive, adapatable storytelling experience. We explore more than two decades of Parkinson’s, family, resilience, and enduring love through the lens of the Hero’s Journey framework.
Combining film clips, research, storytelling, audience discussion, Cinema Therapy, improvisation, and interactivity, these programs create powerful opportunities for healthcare empathy training, academic engagement, support-group connection, and community dialogue.
Storytelling is not supplemental to healing and understanding. It is foundational and essential.
