Synopsis: At 36, Mike Bowen was told he was going blind and that became is the least meaningful part of his journey. From the outside, his life looked enviable. From the inside, it was unbearable. It wasn't only his eyes that had started to blur. The edges had been softening for years. After more than a decade of drinking and running away, he had lost sight of himself. Mike finally decided to stop waiting for his life to begin. Newly sober and aware that the life he’d built was on a new timeline, he decided to take three epic bicycle journeys in three years. He was going to travel thousands of miles across the United States by bicycle, while he could still see the road and the beauty surrounding it. It was a mission to make up for lost time, to prove something to everyone who had doubted him, and beneath all of it, to become a man worthy of love. Eyes on the Horizon follows that mission across some of the hardest terrain in America. The rides were a path to growth, except in the ways he actually needed. As he got stronger and faster he felt his eyesight continue to narrow, and none of the miles touched what was going on inside. A major decision forces Mike to strip down everything he's built. He has to finally sit with the life he's lived, the future he can't control, the faith he found again, and the possibility that the man he was ashamed of was always worthy of love, exactly as he was. Mike is still going blind, but he's finally seeing clearly. And the way home ran straight through everything he'd spent his life avoiding. EYES ON THE HORIZON is ultimately a story of losing yourself and finding your way home. It is a journey toward living more honestly, more courageously, and more completely in the time we are given.

BOLO BROTHERS CREATIVE.

Bolo Brothers Creative is an award-winning, Nashville-based production company that thrives on telling real, human-centered narratives with depth, emotion, and visual excellence. When Bolo Brothers Creative started 13 years ago, founders Grant Carpenter and Jared Rauso were committed to more than just making videos; their mission was to craft immersive projects that engage both their team and their audience on a deeper level.  

PROVEN TRACK RECORD.

Bolo has a proven track record of producing award-winning documentaries, including the feature documentary Shine Service, now streaming on Amazon. As storytellers and filmmakers, they believe in the power of documentaries to inspire change, challenge perspectives, and celebrate the diversity of the human experience. So when they met Percy, there was no doubt that Shine Service needed to be made.

A PERSONAL CONNECTION.

Jared went to college with Mike, and Becca, Bolo's producer, have been friends for over a decade and they have worked closely together. Their deep understanding of his journey - both his resilience and his struggles - makes Bolo uniquely positioned to tell his story with the integrity it deserves. The trust they've built over the years creates a natural dynamic, allowing for genuine vulnerability to emerge. Mike's journey is raw, unfiltered and deeply human - a story that needs to be shared with the world.

But this story isn't just something for the world to hear. It's also for Mike. By allowing Bolo to witness and document his journey, he's creating a space for himself to process in real-time. A visual journal. His bike ride isn't just a physical test, it's an external reflection of his internal processing in confronting his own reality, grappling with denial, mourning, and quiet moments of reckoning. While he may still be in the early stages of this journey, his experience will mirror the nonlinear nature of grief and growth.

By sharing this vulnerable and authentic chapter of his life, Mike isn't just letting the world in - he's also giving himself the space to fully live through it. In doing so, he fulfills his greatest passion: Discovering freedom through the pursuit of living life to the fullest.