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Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The film is a groundbreaking documentary that reveals the true nature and nurture of the greatest athletes of all time. Through a series of intimate conversations and captivating footage, award-winning filmmaker Gabe Polsky leads viewers on an entertaining, thrilling, and inspiring personal journey.
5) Pelé
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Pele. A name known around the world, a sports legend who changed soccer forever, and a national hero who carried the hopes and dreams of a country on his back. But before he was an icon, he was a kid from the slums of Sao Paulo, Brazil, so poor that he couldn't afford a real soccer ball.
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Suzy Hotrod, one of the world's most renowned roller derby stars, is a Catholic school girl turned punk rocker who has appeared in Sports Illustrated and ESPN. In her fifteenth season, Suzy continues to compete at an elite level against women half her age while confronting the sacrifices she's made to play and the legacy she'll leave behind. Evilicious struggles to get back on skates and pass a skills test after a surprise pregnancy and challenging...
7) McConkey
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A heartfelt documentary film about extreme skier, Shane McConkey. The legacy one athlete left to the progression of his sports, and the path he paved to conquer his dreams. Through his talent and ability to use his trademark irreverent humor, he inspired countless lives.
Publisher
Indie Rights Movies
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Follows the meteoric rise of a rookie trainer, a long time owner, and their beloved racehorse. After an unprecedented victory thrusts them into the global spotlight of horse racing, success and fame are followed by the hard hitting reality of what it means to survive in the Sport of Kings.
9) Meru
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own complicated inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas.
10) The Iran job
Series
Film Movement volume year 11, film 6
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
At the height of international tension between America and Iran, Kevin Sheppard, an African-American basketball player accepts an offer to play professional basketball in Iran. What begins as a desire to "explore the unknown" ends in an emotional roller-coaster as he forms an unlikely alliance with three young Iranian women against the backdrop of revolutionary social upheaval in Iran.
11) Minding the gap
Series
Criterion collection volume 1061
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Looks at a community of skateboarders in Rockford, Illinois, focusing on the relationships among director Bing Liu and his two friends Keire and Zack.
12) Mountain
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From Tibet to Australia, Alaska to Norway armed with drones, Go-Pros and helicopters, director Jennifer Peedom has fashioned an astonishing symphony of mountaineers, ice climbers, free soloists, heliskiers, snowboarders, and parachuting mountain bikers. Willem Dafoe provides a narration sampled from British mountaineer Robert Macfarlane's acclaimed memoir Mountains of the Mind.
Publisher
World Wrestling Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In one of the most inspiring stories in the history of sports entertainment, Eddie Guerrero not only regained his life, he surpassed his wildest dreams. This is his story. One hour main program and five hours of extras.
Publisher
BBHJ-General Partnership
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Join Tony Hawk and his crew of skateboard wizards, BMX chargers, Motocross maniacs, musicians, models and magicians as they gather on a customized ramp/track system for a show. Watch the grueling rehearsals and harrowing close calls, and hear firsthand how the athletes, the musicians, and those behind the scenes really felt about it.
Publisher
Journeyfilm
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"The Runner follows Extreme UltraRunner David Horton through the desert sun, the high snowbound mountain passes, the pain, the emotion and his revelation. Join him as he runs more than 40 miles per day for 66 consecutive days in an attempt to set the speed record on the 2,700 mile Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada." - Container.
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