Thursday, August 27, 2020

Rising Phoenix, documentary film.


Bebe Vio (born 4 March 1997) is an Italian wheelchair fencer, 2014 and 2016 European champion, 2015 and 2017 World champion, and 2016 Paralympic champion in the foil B category.

 

We had been tipped off by somebody who know somebody involved in the making, to watch this documentary film no later than the day it was released which was yesterday. We had a reminder text just before it started on Netflix but we had already searched for it and settled down at 7.30 pm to view.

The documentary follows a group of disabled athletes who would have been competing in the Paralympics in Tokyo, due to open at this time had they not been postponed like so many sporting events this year.

The film is so much more than an amazing art work, having been brilliantly directed and showing a small selection of stars who present themselves so simply, when in fact they are all totally astonishing people who have shown true dedication to the sport that completes them.

I goggled and read a few promo pieces about the work and one said “This will challenge the way you think about disability”. I hope it will, something needs to make that challenge.

It is a much watch and not just for sportspeople.

 

Matt Stutzman (born December 10, 1982) is an American. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics and won a silver medal in 2012. He holds a world record for longest accurate shot in archery.

 

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