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The Day Sports Stood Still

Movie·2021·Documentary·1h 35m·Directed by Antoine Fuqua

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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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