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Breaking Three Hours: Trailblazing African American Women Marathoners[1] is a 2022 feature length documentary film directed and written by Anthony Renard Reed[2]. Nine USA-born, African American marathoners, who were inducted into the National Black Distance Running Hall of Fame[3], are interviewed for this eighty-minute movie. Since 1975, about 14 million people finished marathons in the USA. About two percent or 280,000 finished marathons in under three hours. Fewer than thirty of these sub-three-hour marathoners were African American women, who were born in the USA. At the 1975 Boston Marathon[4], Marilyn Bevans[5] became the first African American woman to run a sub-three-hour marathon. The other interviewees are
- Alisa Harvey[6]
- Ella Willis-Glaze
- Ingrid Eugenia Walters
- Michele Bush-Cuke[7]
- Michele Tiff-Hill[8]
- Samia Akbar
- Shawanna White[9]
- Sika Henry[10]
The chief videographer and editor was Kayla Key, who also was the voiceover for each of interviewee introductions. Bridgette L. Collins[11] was the voice of Harriet Tubman and Nita Peters McKeethen was the trailer voiceover. The documentary and two, ten-minute shorts received various awards at 2022 film festivals, including
- Seattle Film Festival[12] - Best Sports Documentary Feature Film and Best Original Song for a Feature Film.
- The NewsFest True Stories International Film and Writers’ Festival[13] - Best Music, Best News Story/Public Information, and Best Short Documentary Under 13 Minutes.
- WRPN Women's International Film Festival[14] - Exceptional Merit Award
- New York Independent Cinema Awards[15] - Award Nominee
It received official selections to be shown at the Toronto International Women's Film Festival[16], Whistleblower Summit & Film Festival[17], San Antonio Black International Film Festival[18], Visions of the Black Experience[19], Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association Film Festival[20], Sweden's Boden International Film Festival[21], and the Minute Madness Toronto Film Festival[22].
Documentary Sections
The documentary is divided into four major sections. The first section opens up by focusing on the relationships between Harriet Tubman[23], slaves running for freedom, and the National Black Marathoners Association’s 1865 “Free to Run” logo. Next, it defines the marathon distance of 26 miles, 385 yards like running 105 laps around a quarter-mile track. To run a marathon in under three hours, each lap must be faster than one-minute, forty-three seconds.
The second section consists of introducing each woman’s accomplishments and individual interviews. The third section focuses on the collective challenges which the runners faced, such as racism, sexism, work-life balance, religion, crashes, breast cancer, and body shaming. The last segment brings to Marilyn Bevans’ return to the 2022 Boston Marathon, where she was an official starter. Graci Gonzales[24], an up and coming nationally ranked, six-year-old and under distance runner, is introduced. The documentary closes with a music video for (Welcome to the) Marathon by Dallas-area rapper, Solo Texas.
Production
Filming for the interviews and introductions took place between August 15 and 29, 2021 in Tuscon AZ, Boston MA, Detroit MI, Baltimore MD, and Alexandria VA. Youth from the Boston Lion Track Club, MetroCobras Track Club, and Boston United Track Club. The chief videographer and editor was Kayla Key. The closing scenes, which featured Marilyn Bevans, were recorded by Anthony Renard Reed at the 2022 Boston Marathon.
References
- ^ "Breaking Three Hours: Trailblazing African American Women Marathoners". Breaking Three Hours: Trailblazing African American Women Marathoners.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Anthony Renard Reed, CPA PC". Anthony Renard Reed, CPA PC.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "National Black Distance Running Hall of Fame". National Black Marathoners Association.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Boston Marathon history - Boston Globe". archive.boston.com. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "Marilyn Bevans", Wikipedia, 2022-01-25, retrieved 2022-11-24
- ^ "Alisa Harvey", Wikipedia, 2022-09-06, retrieved 2022-11-24
- ^ "Michele Bush-Cuke", Wikipedia, 2022-01-23, retrieved 2022-11-24
- ^ "Michele Tiff-Hill: From Piano Phenom to Olympic Trials Qualifier and Coach". Fleet Feet. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ rabbit. "Women's History Month - rabbitELITE, Shawanna White". rabbit. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "Sika Henry". Sika Henry. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "Bridgette L Collins". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "2022 WINNERS". Mysite. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "News Festival". Thenewsfest. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "WRPN.tv Women's International Film Festival". www.wwiff.com. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "New York Cinema Awards". New York Awards. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "Toronto Women Film Festival". Toronto Women Film. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "Home". www.whistleblowersummit.com. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "San Antonio Black International Film Festival". San Antonio Black International Film Festival. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "Visions of the Black Experience film series Nov 10 - 12, 2022". Visions of the Black Experience film series November 12-21, 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ AudPop. "2022 BESLA Film Festival". AudPop. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "Boden Films". Boden Films. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "MINUTE MADNESS TORONTO". MINUTE MADNESS TORONTO. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ^ "Harriet Tubman", Wikipedia, 2022-11-11, retrieved 2022-11-24
- ^ "Graci Gonzales". The Anniston Star. June 21, 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
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