Eight Ways
To
First
dir. Adam Runge
2024
Running time: 15 min.
Trailer
Filmmaker Adam Runge explores his relationship with his father Dan while Dan deals with being new to long-term disability. Dan lives with Multiple Sclerosis but lives for selling baseball cards, a passion he and Adam share. Throughout the film, Dan struggles with new medications and MRI scans while remaining positive. There are eight ways to reach first base in baseball, and there are many ways we keep going in life. Through eight scenes, Dan and Adam bond while learning how to keep going.
Adam
Runge
Adam Runge is a Murray Center student from St. Louis, Missouri with an interest in the human side of sports and storytelling. In his short titled Eight Ways to First, he explores his relationship with his dad through their shared passion for sports. Adam has an interest in post-production and sports photography he hopes to continue after graduation.