2009

RACING DREAMS

ABOUT

A coming-of-age documentary about three kids who dream of racing in NASCAR. Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Marshall Curry takes us into the lives of Annabeth (11 years old), Josh (12), and Brandon (13) as they compete in the World Karting Association’s National Championship Series — widely considered the Little League for professional racing. Clocking speeds of up to 70 mph, these young drivers must navigate the track — and also the treacherous road between childhood and young adulthood.

Program Feature
Runtime 1:35
Country United States
Language English

Marshall Curry is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker who writes, directs and edits his work. He won the Oscar for his narrative short, THE NEIGHBORS’ WINDOW, and previously was nominated three times for his documentary films: STREET FIGHT, about Cory Booker's first run for mayor of Newark, N.J.; IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT, which chronicles a radical environmental group; and A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN, about an American Nazi rally that filled Madison Square Garden in 1939. His other documentaries include RACING DREAMS, which tells the story of two boys and a girl who dream of becoming NASCAR drivers, and POINT AND SHOOT, about a controversial American who left home to join the Libyan revolution. Curry’s films have won top honors at Sundance and Tribeca, played in theaters and on television around the world, and earned two Emmy nominations and two Writer’s Guild of America Award nominations. Curry is currently developing a number of scripted TV and film projects.

CREDITS

Director
Marshall Curry
Producer
Producer: Bristol Baughan
Marshall Curry
Executive Producers: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
Jack Turner
Editor
Marshall Curry
Matthew Hamachek
Mary Manhardt

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