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Addicted to Life

The dramatic life of Paralympic gold-medalist Marieke Vervoort, and her courageous stand for end-of-life choices: the right to die gave her the will to live.

GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 86 minutes

Althea

Pioneering athlete Althea Gibson broke records on and off the tennis court.

Icarus Films | 2014 | 83 minutes

Attla

The untold story of Alaska native dogsled racing champion George Attla and his legacy

GOOD DOCS | 2019 | 60 minutes

Baseball Behind Barbed Wire

Stripped of their constitutional rights, 120,000 Japanese Americans were forced into desolate camps, surrounded by guard towers and barbed wire. Ironically it was the All-American pastime of baseball that saved their sanity.

GOOD DOCS | 2023 | 34 minutes

The Big Game

The role of competitive sports, in this case basketball, in the community, for the coaches, and, most of all, for the players themselves.

Icarus Films | 1982 | 60 minutes

Bodybuilder

Hard-hitting, funny, life-affirming: a battered dreamer and his estranged son are thrown together with one last chance to heal the wounds of their long-divided family.

Distrib Films | 2015 | 100 minutes

The Boxers of Brule

This is the story of the 23 years old, Shaionna Grass Rope, who lost her best friend Cheryl Ziegler to suicide. Cheryl—her cousin by blood and sister by culture—was an aspiring boxer who battled depression and addiction.

Collective Eye Films | 2019 | 38 minutes

Dear Christine

8-year old Christine Girard is about to enter a world of adversity, failure… and cheaters. Luckily present-day Christine has some tips and the benefit of knowing she’ll become an Olympic Champion.

National Film Board of Canada | 2018 | 3 minutes

Far Off Sounds Ep 10 - Dancers Without A Stage

An outdoor nightclub keeps a traditional Sundanese art­form called Jaipong alive.

Means TV | 2018 | 5 minutes

Fight

If you had to summarize Randy Baleski's philosophy, you could probably do it in three words: Boxing saves kids.

National Film Board of Canada | 2012 | 45 minutes