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BREAKING NEWS (May 1): RACING DREAMS just took home the Best Documentary Feature prize at Tribeca. Be one of the first audiences in the country to see this acclaimed new film -- presented by director Marshall Curry, an MFF alum for the Oscar-winning Street Fight!
Annabeth, Josh and Brian are under 13. They are normal kids struggling with normal adolescent issues surrounding family, school, friends, and growing up. They are also fanatics. They are each highly talented racecar drivers, and they are competing for the World Karting Association championship, a ferocious competition in little cars that go 80-miles-an-hour that is a proven stepping stone to a career in NASCAR racing. Their mission becomes the center of their families’ worlds -- and sometimes adult ambitions get out in front, but usually not for long. The commitment is serious and all-consuming.
Curry first chronicled a mayoral race in Newark, NJ, and this is a very different world -- more suburban/rural, white, and middle class. It’s also a large part of America -- NASCAR is more popular than professional baseball or basketball. But, like his first film, Curry has found interesting people who are trying to succeed against significant odds in worlds not familiar to everyone. He uses all of that -- more than 500 hours of footage -- and builds a story that is universal. (Jed Dietz)
About Marshall Curry:
Marshall Curry’s first film, Street Fight, screened at MFF 2005 and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2006. In 2007 he received the International Trailblazer Award at MIPDOC in Cannes. A graduate of Swarthmore College in Comparative Religion, he has been a guest lecturer at Harvard, Duke, NYU, and other colleges, and he has served on juries for the International Documentary Association and Hot Docs Film Festival.
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