The Day Sports Stood Still
2021
6.0 (15)
1 hr 35 min
English
When every game stopped and every life changed.
The story of the unprecedented sports shutdown in March of 2020 and the remarkable turn of events that followed. This sports documentary is a chronicle of the abrupt stoppage, athletes’ prominent role in the cultural reckoning on racial injustices that escalated during the pandemic, and the complex return to competition in the summer and fall.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Waffle Iron Entertainment, Fuqua Films, Imagine Documentaries, Ohh Dip!!! Productions
Keywords
- covid-19
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Top Cast
Chris Paul as Self
Natasha Cloud as Self
Mookie Betts as Self
Malika Andrews as Self
Charles Barkley as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kobe Bryant as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shaquille O'Neal as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Karl-Anthony Towns as Self
Top Crew
Antoine Fuqua · Director
Steven Leckart · Writer
Marcelo Zarvos · Composer
Maz Makhani · Cinematographer
Jake Pushinsky · Editor
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