Now playing at MoMA’s Doc Fortnight, the exciting documentary chronicles the Japanese women’s volleyball team’s path to victory at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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Professional Wrestling Takes a Cinematic Turn Amid the Pandemic
Having to put on shows without crucial audience participation is forcing new evolution within wrestling.
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After Decades of Activism by Native Americans, DC’s Football Team Ditches Its Name
Formerly known as the “Redskins,” the team will change its name and logo.
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Reclaiming the Legend of Bruce Lee
The new ESPN documentary Be Water seeks to both reassert Lee’s legacy and humanize him.
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Michael Jordan’s Flawed Hero Narrative
One of the key lessons of ESPN’s series The Last Dance is that people learn to adore brutal tyrants, and will only fall further into that admiration as long as the tyrant is uniquely talented, powerful, and wins.
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Explaining Your Favorite Gifs and Translating Video Games: Web Docs to Watch
Check out video essays and shorts about making terrariums, the history of the Seattle Mariners, and more.
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Separating the Man From the Myth of Diego Maradona
Asif Kapadia completes his trilogy of documentaries on fame with a portrait of the notorious footballer.
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The Rarities and Oddities of a Vanished World
It’s fair to say that images of sporting have a relatively marginal place in our art world.
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Looking at Sports as Powerful Modes of Expression
Fifteen artists offer a range of ways into “sports” as a concept.
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Modern Knights Compete in Medieval-Style Sword Fighting
Hyperallergic talks to the directors of the documentary Bludgeon about portraying a subculture without making fun of it.
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An Innovative YouTube Series Visualizes Sports Data in a Mesmerizing Manner
SB Nation’s Jon Bois brings a singular style to his video storytelling.
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Disturbing Ads Warn of Uptick in Domestic Violence During the World Cup
The violence associated with professional sports doesn’t limit itself to the playing field, as a new campaign by the UK’s National Domestic Violence Hotline makes clear in a new series of ads.