Rising From Ashes

Price 23.76 - 24.95 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 720229915724

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{WINNER! Hamptons International Film Festival: Best Film on Conflict and Resolution} {WINNER! Heartland Film Festival: Grand Prize Best Documentary} {WINNER! Heartland Film Festival: Audience Choice Award} {WINNER! Aspen Film Festival: Audience Choice Award} {WINNER! Austin Film Festival: Audience Choice Award} {WINNER! Starz Denver Film Festival: Audience Choice Award} {WINNER! Napa Valley Film Festival: Audience Choice Award} {WINNER! Bahamas International Film Festival: Audience Choice Award} {WINNER! Boulder International Film Festival: Audience Choice Award} {WINNER! San Luis Obispo International Film Festival: Special Jury Prize: Best Sports Documentary} {WINNER! River Run International Film Festival: Audience Award} {WINNER! Attic Film Festival: Best Documentary} {WINNER! Attic Film Festival: Best Cinematography} {WINNER! Albuquerque Media and Film Experience: Audience Choice Award} {WINNER! Mountainfilm in Telluride: Special Jury Prize} Two worlds collide when cycling legend Jock Boyer moves to Rwanda to help the first Rwandan National Cycling Team in their six year journey to compete in the Olympic Games in London. Setting out against impossible odds both Jock and the team find new purpose as they rise from the ashes of their past. Executive produced and narrated by Forest Whitaker, this stunningly shot film follows Jock (the first American to compete in the Tour de France) and his Rwandan riders as they slowly but steadily learn what it means to be a professional cyclist - how to train, how to compete, how to live the life of a top level athlete. As they get better and better, the riders of Team Rwanda give their countrymen a vision of something greater than themselves and their history: hope for a future. Packaged in a 100% Certified Green Forestry Practices DVD Wallet