Endurance
Summary:
Veteran ethnographic documentarian Leslie Woodhead helmed this U.S.-British docudrama about Ethiopian long-distance runner Haile Gebrselassie (with the Atlanta Olympic games sequence directed by Bud Greenspan). Gebrselassie won the gold medal in the men's 10,000-meters race at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, and the Atlanta race serves as a framing device. Yonas Zergaw, th... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Haile Gebrselassie - (himself)
Shawananness Gebrselassie - (Young Haile's Mother)
Yonas Zergaw - (Young Haile Gebrselassie)
Tedesse Haile - (Young Haile's Father)
Gebrselassie Bekele - (himself)
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Review:
No question that Endurance is a splendid film about an unlikely hero. And heaven knows, we need inspirational sagas to lend a spiritual hand up to the next generation of would-be athletes. But if your subscriptions to Runner's World or National Geographic lapsed because their subject matter held little interest for you, then Endurance m... Continue >>
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