Mighty Jerome

20101 h 23 min 38 secFilm: Documentaire

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Réalisation: Charles Officer

Production: Selwyn JacobTracey Friesen

Scénarisation: Charles Officer

In 1959, at just nineteen years of age, Harry Jerome was Canada’smost promising track and field star and he was on his way to the Olympics in Rome. By 1962, after suffering a gruesome leg injury, there was every reason to think that his racing days were over. But Jerome was not just a champion on the track; he was doubly determined off it. And so began his climb to what his coach, the legendary Bill Bowerman, called “the greatest comeback in track and field history.”

Through years of unparalleled political turbulence, racial conflict and his own personal challenges, Harry Jerome kept his head down and ran, displaying strength of character and willful perseverance every bit as impressive as his record-setting athleticism.

Filmmaker Charles Officer uses gorgeous monochrome imagery, impassioned interviews and astonishing archival footage to tell the runner’s triumphant story, from his early days in North Vancouver, through his three Olympics and his unequalled streak of records, to his sudden and tragically premature death. Family, friends and teammates recall a man who forever changed the Canadian sports landscape and made an indelible mark upon the world.

Compelling, surprising and urgently paced, Mighty Jerome will electrify sports fans, history buffs and all those with an appreciation for tales of courage and redemption.

Inspired by the book Running Uphill, The Fast, Short Life of Canadian Champion Harry Jerome by Fil Fraser.



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Catégories de sujets


  • Diversité culturelle et Multiculturalisme > Communauté noireColombie-Britannique
  • Sports et Loisirs > Jeux olympiquesCourse à pied
  • Diversité > Études noires
  • Santé/Formation personnelle > Condition physique et activités physiques
  • Éducation physique > Sécurité/Esprit sportif/Leadership
  • Sciences humaines > Histoire sociale

Générique


écriture
Charles Officer
réalisateur
Charles Officer
producteur
Selwyn Jacob
monteur
Jesse James Miller
directeur de la photographie
John Price
musique originale - production
Schaun Tozer
conception sonore
Jonathan Ritchie
superviseur du montage sonore
Jonathan Ritchie
assistant monteur
JR Mackie
gérant de production
Damian Kuehn
John Nadalin
preneur de son
Eric Davies
Tim Lue
opérateur de Steadicam
Cliff Hokanson
opérateur de Jib
Nevin Merrells
1er assistant caméraman
Luke Campbell
Peter Carty
Christopher Chow
Kristin Fieldhouse
Justin Lovell
Michelle Yardley
machiniste en chef
Simon Doucet
Vincent Phillips
Felipe Rodriguez
Jamie Sutherland
décorateur
Perri Gorrara
costumier
Evilia Nikolouzos
maquilleur
Evilia Nikolouzos
assistant aux costumes
Caitlin Wright
assistant de production
Patrick Hepburn
Tamara Jones
Matthew Scott
Allison Wilson-Forbes
graphiques
Charles Officer
titres
Charles Officer
consultation technique
Eliot Piltz
animation
Paul Morstad
recherche de documents d'archives
Found Images Research
Sylvia Mezei
libération des droits musicaux
Elizabeth Klinck
recherche
Stephen Brunt
Cheryl Foggo
mixeur du repiquage
Jonathan Ritchie
auditorium - mixage sonore
Black Dog Sound
producteur - digital film central
James Tocher
Curtis Staples
coloration
Andrea Chlebak
technicien
Monty Contractor
Christopher Irwin
Alexander Taylor
coordonnateur de production
Jennifer Roworth
coordonnateur technique
Wes Machnikowski
superviseur de production
Kathryn Lynch
agent, marketing
Leslie Stafford
administrateur de programme
Bruce Hagerman
producteur exécutif
Tracey Friesen

Prix et récompenses


  • Meilleure trame sonore, film ou série documentaireLeo Awards
  • Meilleur son, film ou série documentaireLeo Awards
  • Meilleur montage, film ou série documentaireLeo Awards
  • Meilleur long métrage documentaireLeo Awards
  • Northwest Regional Emmy Award for Best Historical DocumentaryThe Northwest Regional Emmy Awards