Touch the Wall (2014)

Directed by

Grant Barbeito, Christo Brock

Genre

documentary film, family film, sport film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 41m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows two American swimmers, Missy Franklin and Kara Lynn Joyce, as they train to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics. It shows their personal journeys and the sacrifices they make to reach the highest level of their sport.

inspiringupbeatmotivationalpersonaldeterminedsports-focusedaspirational

What happens

Touch the Wall is a documentary film about American swimmers Missy Franklin and Kara Lynn Joyce and their journey to the 2012 Summer Olympics. The film was funded through a kickstarter campaign and private funding in 2013, and released in 2014 via Tugg. The film premiered as a red carpet feature at the Stars Denver Film Festival to an audience of 2800 people, and then again in New York on Sunday November 23, one day before USA Swimming Foundation's Golden Goggles awards which were also in New York. The New York premiere was co-presented with USA Swimming. The film was directed and produced by Christo Brock and Grant Barbeito, a filmmaking duo from Los Angeles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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