2015

MARATHON

ABOUT

An immigrant prep-chef from Ecuador recounts his rise to become one of the fastest runners in the New York City Marathon.

Program Short
Runtime 0:09
Country United States
Language Spanish, English

Theo Rigby ​is a Director and cinematographer based out of San Francisco. He has been creating stories focusing on the immigrant experience in the United States for over the last decade and is the founder of iNation Media. Theo recently finished Waking Dream, a short documentary series about young undocumented people with DACA permits, co-produced by ITVS and distributed on the IndieLens Storycast Youtube channel. He is currently in production on Sanctuary Rising, a feature documentary about the faith-based Sanctuary movement. Theo’s past projects include ​Immigrant Nation, The Caretaker, The Mayor, Marathon, and Sin País, which have been nationally broadcast on POV, showcased on the New York Times, and screened at film festivals around the world. Theo has been recognized with an Immigrant Rights Leadership Award from the City of San Francisco, is a 2018 JustFilms Rockwood Fellow, 2020 Jewish Film Institute Fellow, 2021 Logan nonfiction fellow, and won a Student Academy Award.

CREDITS

Director
Theo Rigby
Kate McLean
Editor
Jason Sussberg

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