Caring for someone with dementia can be a difficult, loving journey.<\/p>\n
UWM first-year film student Riley Killian captured that reality in a 45-minute documentary on the experiences of caregivers \u2013 \u201cUnconditional: A Journey of Selfless Love.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n The documentary was shown at venues in the Fox Valley area during October, and Killian is working to get it set up on streaming services.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d never had any prior experience with family caregiving or dementia,\u201d said Killian, who is from Appleton. \u201cIt was really cool and interesting to dive into this project and discover all these amazing stories of what these family caregivers go through.\u201d<\/p>\n His involvement with the documentary grew out of a video production business, RK Videos, that he started two years ago. Family Caregivers Rock, an Appleton-based agency (now dissolved) hired him to film a two-person play by John Weyers about his 15 years as caregiver for his wife with dementia. A board member then suggested Killian might want to do a documentary about caregivers.<\/p>\nGap year project<\/h3>\n