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Executive Produced by Academy Award and Grammy-winning artist, Common, along with NBA stars Grant Hill and Dwyane Wade, and Grammy-winning producer 9th Wonder, this new documentary film from award-winning filmmaker, Mary Mazzio, chronicles the first African American public high school rowing team in this country (made up of young men, many of whom were in rival gangs from the West Side of Chicago, all coming together to row in the same boat).
This project explores not only the safety these young men found on the water (where, as their captain Arshay Cooper reflected, “we were in a place where we could not hear the sound of sirens”), but the trauma of violence and cyclical poverty, examining how these young men were able to support each other in reimagining a different future for themselves, and how rowing and the water provided the backdrop for that opportunity. These young men came together, after 20 years out of the boat, to race this past summer, not only to celebrate the team’s founding, but the fact that they are still alive. This is their story.
Original Release
06/18/2020
US Release
06/18/2020
Links
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Common | Narrator / Self - Narrator |
| Arshay Cooper | Self |
| Ken Alpart | Self |
| David Banks | Self |
| Michael Carroll | Self |
| Anita DeFrantz | Self |
| Arne Duncan | Self |
| Timothy Fitzpatrick | Self |
| Preston Grandberry | Self |
| Louis Green | Self |
Directors
Writers
Robert Fitzgerald, Alec Sokolow, Mary Mazzio
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Common | Narrator / Self - Narrator |
| Arshay Cooper | Self |
| Ken Alpart | Self |
| David Banks | Self |
| Michael Carroll | Self |
| Anita DeFrantz | Self |
| Arne Duncan | Self |
| Timothy Fitzpatrick | Self |
| Preston Grandberry | Self |
| Louis Green | Self |
| Malcolm Hawkins | Self |
| Ray Hawkins | |
| Terry Meeks | Self |
| Elliott Moore | Self |
| Craig Nash | Self |
| James Obaldo | Self |
| Matthew Roben | Self |
| Alvin Ross | Self |
| Michael Teti | Self |
| Arthur White | Self |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Ashley Bekton | Executive Producer |
| John H. Carlson | Executive Producer |
| Doris Casap | Executive Producer |
| Ted Dintersmith | Executive Producer |
| Ginny Gilder | Executive Producer |
| Bruce Herring | Executive Producer |
| Tricia Herring | Executive Producer |
| Grant Hill | Executive Producer |
| Bill Hudson | Executive Producer |
| Rick Lane | Executive Producer |
| Bill McNabb | Executive Producer |
| Katie McNabb | Executive Producer |
| Lynn Slaughter | Executive Producer |
| Dwyane Wade | Executive Producer |
| Bryan White | Executive Producer |
| Christine White | Executive Producer |
| Cameron Winklevoss | Executive Producer |
| Tyler Winklevoss | Executive Producer |
| Patrick Douthit | Executive Producer |
| Mary Mazzio | Producer |
| Andrew Sanderson | Producer |
Editors
