Film Category: Curated by Steve James

Man Up
Arturo Cabanas

Hard, fast, intense, go. A father relentlessly pushes his son to become a champion wrestler. But his grueling training sessions mirror preparations for a graver…

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The Red Race
Chao Gan

This eye-opening film penetrates at least one layer of mystery surrounding the training of Chinese athletes, a subject that fueled much controversy at the 2008…

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Paper Lion
Alex March

Based on George Plimpton’s book, Paper Lion stars Alan Alda as the famous reporter who gamely put himself in unimaginable circumstances in order to offer…

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RANK
John Hyams

Welcome to the saddle-busting, bone-breaking world of bull riding, where only the toughest cowboys can make it through a season to the final competition and…

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Slap Shot
George Roy Hill

Paul Newman stars as Reggie Dunlop, the aging player-coach of a minor-league hockey team, the Charlestown Chiefs. In the wake of local mill closings and a…

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The Good Fight
George Butler

With 382 career wins, Bobby Bowden is one of the winningest coaches in college football. Since 1976, when he became coach at Florida State, hundreds…

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This Sporting Life
Lindsay Anderson

This Sporting Life, Lindsay Anderson’s feature film debut following years of documentary work, centers on down-and-out coal miner Frank Machin, masterfully portrayed by a young…

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Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Philippe Parreno, Douglas Gordon

Ninety minutes, seventeen cameras, one global icon—Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait is as hard to categorize as its enigmatic subject. Part experimental film, part subversive…

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Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson
Barbara Kopple

Academy Award-winner Barbara Kopple completed her portrait of one of the most controversial figures in boxing history in 1993, just after he was convicted of…

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Maletilla
Victoria Clay-Mendoza

What would make a seven-year-old knowingly risk his life? Why would anyone yearn to become a bullfighter? And why, in particular, would the filmmaker’s father…

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