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Reuniting after 20 years, the team gets back on the water to prepare to race in the 2019 Chicago Sprints, the largest rowing regatta in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]]. In the process, Arshay Cooper, the team’s captain, takes inspiration from the past and reaches out to the [[Chicago Police Department]] to show that rowing can bring even people with the most disparate of backgrounds together. |
Reuniting after 20 years, the team gets back on the water to prepare to race in the 2019 Chicago Sprints, the largest rowing regatta in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]]. In the process, Arshay Cooper, the team’s captain, takes inspiration from the past and reaches out to the [[Chicago Police Department]] to show that rowing can bring even people with the most disparate of backgrounds together. |
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''A Most Beautiful Thing'' features interviews with [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] Coach [[Mike Teti]], Olympic Rower [[David Banks (rower)|David Banks]], and Olympic International Committee Member [[Anita DeFrantz]]. |
''A Most Beautiful Thing'' features interviews with Former US Secretary of Education [[Arne Duncan]], [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] Coach [[Mike Teti]], Olympic Rower [[David Banks (rower)|David Banks]], and Olympic International Committee Member [[Anita DeFrantz]]. |
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| Directed by | Mary Mazzio |
| Written by | Mary Mazzio |
| Produced by | Common Grant Hill Dwyane Wade 9th Wonder Cameron Winklevoss Tyler Winklevoss Mary Mazzio |
| Narrated by | Common |
| Cinematography | Joe Grasso |
| Edited by | Andrew Eldridge Tom Cole Mary Mazzio |
| Music by | 9th Wonder Alex Laserenko |
Production company | |
Release date | June 12, 2020 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
A Most Beautiful Thing is a documentary chronicling the history of the first US African American public high school rowing team, comprised of young men from the West Side of Chicago, many of whom were in rival gangs. The film is narrated by Academy Award-winner Common, directed by filmmaker and Olympian Mary Mazzio, and executive produced by NBA athletes Grant Hill and Dwyane Wade along with Grammy-winning producer 9th Wonder who also did the hip-hop score for the film.
Bill Hudson, John H. Carlson, Bill McNabb and Katie McNabb, Ginny Gilder and Lynn Slaughter, Bryan White and Christine White, Bruce Herring and Tricia Herring, Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss, Ted Dintersmith, Derek Dudley, Doris Casap, Ashley Bekton, Chaz Ebert, and Rick Lane are also listed as executive producers.
Fifty percent of the film’s profits will go to trauma research as well as rowing groups focused on diversity and inclusion efforts.[1]
Plot
A Most Beautiful Thing follows the story of the first African American public high school rowing team in the USA. Meeting in the 90s at Manley High School and based in the West Side of Chicago, the team was made up of young men, many of whom were members of rival gangs. Ultimately, they came together to row in the same boat.
Reuniting after 20 years, the team gets back on the water to prepare to race in the 2019 Chicago Sprints, the largest rowing regatta in the Midwest. In the process, Arshay Cooper, the team’s captain, takes inspiration from the past and reaches out to the Chicago Police Department to show that rowing can bring even people with the most disparate of backgrounds together.
A Most Beautiful Thing features interviews with Former US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Olympic Coach Mike Teti, Olympic Rower David Banks, and Olympic International Committee Member Anita DeFrantz.
Release
Originally selected as a Documentary Spotlight, A Most Beautiful Thing was set to premiere at South by Southwest on March 16, 2020 and premiere nationally with AMC Theatres March 27, 2020. Due to COVID-19 concerns, the film’s release has been pushed back to June 12, 2020 when it will open with AMC in New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Oakland.
Reception
A Most Beautiful Thing has received positive pre-premiere reviews by critics. RogerEbert.com critic Brian Tallerico wrote,
“As I was watching the joyful and powerful “A Most Beautiful Thing,” I thought about how the event would have played out in Austin[…] and the likely standing ovation that would have followed[…] The warm reception I expect would have greeted Mary Mazzio’s film in Texas will now happen elsewhere. But it will definitely happen[…] I adored the storytelling and compassion in Mazzio’s approach. Not everyone could have gotten these guys to open up the way they do in “A Most Beautiful Thing,” and that’s often an underrated element of documentary filmmaking. Common may do the narrating but Mazzio lets the people like the unforgettable Arshay give the film its momentum[…].”
Deadspin said the film is “absolutely a must watch” and The Credits called the film “a must-see[…] exceptional.”[2][3] The Chicago Sun-Times highlighted the film in their Sports Saturday, entitling the print edition of the article “All in the Same Boat.”[4]
See Also
References
- ^ "A Most Beautiful Thing | A Mary Mazzio Documentary". Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ^ "Story Of The First All-Black Rowing Team Is Absolutely A Must Watch". Deadspin. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ^ "Story Of The First All-Black Rowing Team Is Absolutely A Must Watch". Deadspin. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ^ Costabile, Annie (2020-03-28). "'A Most Beautiful Thing' shares story of first African American prep rowing team". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
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