Stumped (2013)

“The situation is so horrible, one way to grapple with it is by laughing at it,” says Will Lautzenheiser, a filmmaker who found himself infected mysteriously by a deadly bacteria. He survived with his life, but not his limbs. Now a quadrilateral amputee, Lautzenheiser lightens his situation by performing stand-up comedy. Filmmaker Robin Berghaus plans to build Stumped into a feature-length documentary, following Lautzenheiser as he attempts ground-breaking arm transplants, but in the meantime, this short offers insights about a man who is determined to keep living life.