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The History of Black Protest in Sport
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Shobe, Aisha, and Suma, three teens from Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, are poised to make history as Bangladesh’s first women surfers in an international competition.
Facing the intersectionality of wanting to pursue a sport they love, Tristan and friends unravel the nuances of skating while being Black in a predominantly white sport.
High Passes takes us from the beautiful Himalayan mountains of India, to the busy metropolis of Kuala Lumpur while we follow India’s first women’s ice hockey team as they compete for international glory.
In an NFL season marked by President Trump’s attacks on football players who have “taken a knee” during the national anthem, this doc explores the legacy of dissent in sports.
Nzingha Prescod is the #2 ranked women's foil fencer in the United States. In 2015, Nzingha became the first African-American woman to win an individual medal at the Senior World Championships. Should she medal individually in Rio at the 2016 Summer Olympics, she will be the first African-American woman to do so in the history of the sport.
Lusia Harris led her team to three national championships, scored the first basket in women’s Olympic history and was officially drafted by the New Orleans Jazz in 1977.
Rainbow Ice will follow Keystone, Manitoba's LGBTQ2S curling league as it gears up for another season.
In "Rocío and Me," directed by Louise Monlaü, twenty-nine-year-old Rocío finds solace with an artistic-swimming team whose members also have Down syndrome.
Divya Arya follows two Indian female athletes with visual impairment as they prepare for the Paris Paralympics, navigating the challenge of finding the right guide runners to compete and make history.
In 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, two Black track and field athletes for the USA came in 1st and 3rd in the 200 metre race in world record time. When they received their medals, as the USA national anthem played, they raised their arms in protest.
The incredible story of how a turbaned Indian immigrant's passion for his favorite sport and team took him on a journey from persecution to inclusion, inspiring an entire country along the way.
Through the Storm
D: Charles Frank, Fritz Bitsoie USA 2025 23 min
Recommended for grades 9-12
For the Red Lake Nation (Ojibwe) high school team, playing football is a source of hope, unity, and resilience.
Content warning: Some minor swearing.
A martial arts master traces the evolution of lion dancing mapped through his path to teaching.
"It don’t matter how many times you clap, clap even if you miss it because you shot the ball." Sai Selvarajan's short film captures the deep healing and community grown out of Chicago's first QTBIPOC-centered basketball meet-up, Swish.
This documentary explores the life of Willie O'Ree who changed hockey forever on January 18, 1958 when he became the first black player to skate in a National Hockey League game.