small pain for glory

BBC Storyville / WGBH

director: Laura Ashton

composer: Jon Nicholls

 

In the wake of devasting civil war, an inspirational athletics trainer attempts to set up a team to compete in the 2004 Athens Olympics. This moving documentary for BBC Storyville charted their extraordinary journey from barefoot training in the bombed-out streets of Freetown to their triumphant entry into the Olympic stadium.

Urban Films for BBC Storyville / WGBH.