On 29th August, The Fragile X Association of Australia (FXAA) will present a special screening of Mission to Lars, an uplifting feature film about Tom Spicer, a man with Fragile X who, with thehelp of his siblings, goes on a road trip across America to find his hero, Lars Ulrich of Metallica. Fragile X is the leading cause of intellectual disability and the most common single gene cause of autism.

All Tom has ever wanted to do is to meet Lars. After 20 years of persistently asking his journalist sister, Kate, when he was going to meet his heavy metal hero, she finally cracked. Mission to Lars is a film that looks beyond disability, and uncovers the soul of a very cool guy.