THEME EXPLORATION

athlete activism

12 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
National Champions
National Champions
2021 · Ric Roman Waugh
The Day Sports Stood Still
The Day Sports Stood Still
2021 · Antoine Fuqua
The Gleaners and I
The Gleaners and I
2000 · Agnès Varda
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODA
2018 · Stephen Nomura Schible
Earth
Earth
1930 · Alexander Dovzhenko
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
Gelegenheitsarbeit einer Sklavin
1973 · Alexander Kluge
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
Busch singt – Sechs Filme über die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts
1982 · Konrad Wolf
En nombre de Dios
En nombre de Dios
1987 · Patricio Guzmán
Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back
1967 · D.A. Pennebaker
Blue Sky
Blue Sky
1994 · Tony Richardson
Red Bells
Red Bells
1982 · Sergey Bondarchuk
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His socially conscious filmmaking consistently examines working-class activism and resistance against systemic oppression, themes central to athlete activism narratives.