Racing Dreams
Racing Dreams is a poignant and fascinating look at three kids who dream of one day racing in the professional circuit known as NASCAR--the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. NASCAR is the second most popular spectator sport in the US.
Academy Award-nominated director, Marshall Curry (Street Fight) takes us into the lives of Annabeth (11 years old), Josh (12) and Brandon (13) as they compete for the World Karting Association’s National Championship. Clocking speeds of up to 70 mph in extreme racing karts (small-sized vehicles, designed solely for competitions) these young racers hope to follow the scores of great NASCAR drivers who got their start in racing’s version of Little League.
As they race their way through the year-long Championship series, they also navigate the treacherous road between childhood and young adulthood. In intimate, heartfelt moments--some dark, some funny--we see them battle with family dysfunction and economic hardships, celebrate young romance and struggle to figure out who they are.
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Credits
Director/Producer: Marshall Curry
Producer: Bristol Baughan
Executive Producers: Jack Turner, Ben Goldhirsh, Dwayne Johnson, Dany Garcia
Cinematographers: Marshall Curry, Peter Gordon, Wolfgang Held, Alan Jacobsen
Editors: Marshall Curry, Matt Hamachek, Mary Manhardt
Composers: Joel Goodman, The National
Total Running Time: 96 min.
Website: www.RacingDreamsFilm.com
About The Filmmakers
MARSHALL CURRY is the director, producer, cinematographer and editor of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Street Fight, which won numerous awards, including the Jury Prize for Best International Documentary at Hot Docs and a nomination for a Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award. In 2005, Curry was selected by Filmmaker Magazine as one of "25 New Faces of Independent Film," and he was awarded the International Documentary Association (IDA) Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award. In 2007, he received the International Trailblazer Award at MIPDOC in Cannes.
Curry’s next feature documentary film, If A Tree Falls, is a rare behind-the-curtain look at the Earth Liberation Front, the radical environmental group that has claimed responsibility for arsons that destroyed millions of dollars of property over the past decade. Curry is a graduate of Swarthmore College, where he studied comparative religion and was a Eugene Lang Scholar. He resides in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two children.
BRISTOL BAUGHAN is a freelance film director, producer, consultant and TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Fellow. Baughan executive-produced the Oscar-nominated documentary Which Way Home (also in the American Documentary Showcase) and By The People: The Election of Barack Obama, both of which aired on HBO. Baughan’s first documentary, The Power of the Game, was directed by Michael Apted and distributed by National Geographic. Baughan co-founded Reason Pictures/GOOD in 2004, a multi-media company that produces content and provides a platform for people who give a damn. GOOD’s efforts include print, film, online and live events. To date, GOOD has produced over 70 videos that have been streamed over 15 million times. Baughan holds a BA in international studies from the American University School of International Service. She resides in Venice, CA.
Awards
Tribeca Film Festival: Best Documentary
Jacksonville Film Festival: Best Documentary
Indianapolis Film Festival: Audience Award
Nashville Film Festival: Best Documentary