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  • Chariots of Fire

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    In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God’s glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism…

  • Swimming Upstream

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    A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father’s sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demons.

  • Tom Daley: 1.6 Seconds of Glory

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    From the moment Tom Daley leaps off the diving board, he has 1.6 seconds to showcase what can be achieved when you spend over two decades of your life putting in blood, sweat and tears in the pursuit of athletic perfection. This documentary, named after those pivotal seconds and in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery,…

  • Unbroken

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    A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.

  • Team Foxcatcher

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    With never-before seen home video, this film recounts the paranoid downward spiral of John E. du Pont and the murder of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz.

  • The Bronze

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    In 2004, Hope Ann Greggory became an American hero after winning the bronze medal for the women’s gymnastics team. Today, she’s still living in her small hometown, washed-up and embittered. Stuck in the past, Hope must reassess her life when a promising young gymnast threatens her local celebrity status.

  • Race

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    Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy.

  • Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony

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    Like an indelible memory, this Olympic closing ceremony will be marked by audacity, fraternity and emotion. In the heart of the Stade de France, athletes from all over the world will represent their countries one last time in an incredible moment of celebration and sharing. With their eyes riveted to the flame, the emotion will…

  • Paris 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony

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    On 26 July 2024, the largest-ever Olympic Games Opening Ceremony took place, beginning at 7.30 p.m. CET. The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 was an unprecedented experience drawing on the natural light of the setting sun with all its nuances to illuminate the world’s best athletes as they travelled down the Seine,…

  • See for Me

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    When blind former Olympic skier Sophie Scott cat-sits in a secluded mansion, she gets caught in the crossfire of a home invasion scheme. She must rely on a sighted Army veteran via the See for Me app to help her survive the night.