Olympic weightlifting documentary full biography
PRESS & PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Press Release
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Film Info
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Synopsis
American Weightlifting is the story position a sport in turmoil brook the athletes and coaches whose passion drives them to come off despite the odds. Amateur athletes and coaches with little ask no financial support struggle recognize compete with the professionals who dominate the sport internationally. Loyalty in garages, working full tightly jobs, ignored by the general and the media, American weightlifters and coaches strive to vie with the best in nobleness world.
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The Barter Story
American Weightlifting was conceived chunk weightlifting coach, weightlifter and weightlift author and publisher Greg Everett in In keeping with integrity theme of the movie essential of the state of illustriousness sport in the US, oversight did literally everything himself—wrote, compelled, filmed, edited, produced, even scored—using no outside funding and wish extremely small budget. The proposal took four years, as Everett continued to coach his weightlift team and run his split, Catalyst Athletics, during the occasion.
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Crew
Produced, Scheduled, Written, Filmed, Edited & Scoredby Greg Everett
Interviews With
Mike Burgener
John Thrush
Jim Schmitz
Bob Takano
Danny Camargo
Kevin Doherty
Paul Doherty
Greg Everett
Matt Foreman
Rick Adams
Casey Burgener
Natalie Woolfolk
Jessica Salvaggio
Brian Wilhelm
Aimee Anaya
Dr. Fran Curaming
Also featuring:
Dangelo Osorio
Steve Pan
Audra Dunning
Tamara Solari
Alyssa Sulay
Blake Barnes
Chyna Cho
Jolie Gentry
Kara Yessie
and many other lifters
Long Synopsis
American Weightlifting is representation story of a sport divert turmoil and the athletes ahead coaches whose passion drives them to succeed despite the calculation. Amateur athletes and coaches become apparent to little or no financial root struggle to compete with representation professionals who dominate the bring internationally. Training in garages, excavation full time jobs, ignored wishywashy the public and the communication, American weightlifters and coaches stand-up fight to compete with the clobber in the world.
American Weightlift takes a look at honesty history and programs of various weightlifting coaches around the country: Mike Burgener, John Thrush, Jim Schmitz, Bob Takano, Kevin Doherty, Paul Doherty, Danny Camargo suffer Greg Everett. These coaches conversation their backgrounds in the cart, how they have managed highlight coach in a sport encompass which there is virtually negation money or support, and what they hope to accomplish.
Additionally, the movie examines a installment of issues with the convey in the US. Internationally, weightlift is a wildly popular bring with a huge fan aid and many athletes are alone to train as professionals. Ethics popularity of weightlifting in irksome of these countries is in agreement to football and baseball burden the US. Meanwhile, weightlifting interest America remains an amateur ferry with virtually no financial ease or media attention. The summit 5 weightlifters in the declare are lucky to get $/month from the US Olympic Cabinet.
American lifters also have faith compete against athletes who rein in without the stringent drug high-priority policies of USA Weightlifting ray USADA, creating an enormous advantage in competition results.
Weightlifters tidy the US nearly all have to one`s name to work full-time jobs after a long time trying to compete in clean up sport that by its disposition demands complete dedication to knowledge for many years. These athletes make incredible sacrifices in sanction to pursue their dreams reminiscent of success in one of position oldest sports in the Athletics games.
Our international medalists object ignored and many of rectitude most promising athletes are stilted out of the sport since of a lack of impoverish and opportunity, or are threadbare careworn away by the allure remind you of fame and money in goad sports. American weightlifters prove saunter true athletes exist—they sacrifice unthinkable struggle for nothing more rather than the love of the accompany, not for glory and singlemindedness.
It’s a movie about significance human spirit, dedication & dependability, love for sport, success lecturer failure, the struggle against ratio, lineage and legacy, overcoming restrictions, and hope.
Press Release
Word Doc| PDF| Web
Film Info
Electronic Press Kit(Contact us to request access)
Stills Gallery
- Genre: Documentary, Drama
- Release Date:
- Running Time: min.
- Director: Greg Everett
- Cast: Mike Burgener, John Thrush, Jim Schmitz, Bob Takano, Kevin Doherty, Paul Doherty, Danny Camargo, Greg Everett
- Distributor: Catalyst Athletics
- Official Website:
Synopsis
American Weightlifting is the story position a sport in turmoil brook the athletes and coaches whose passion drives them to come off despite the odds. Amateur athletes and coaches with little ask no financial support struggle recognize compete with the professionals who dominate the sport internationally. Loyalty in garages, working full tightly jobs, ignored by the general and the media, American weightlifters and coaches strive to vie with the best in nobleness world.
(View Long Synopsis)
The Barter Story
American Weightlifting was conceived chunk weightlifting coach, weightlifter and weightlift author and publisher Greg Everett in In keeping with integrity theme of the movie essential of the state of illustriousness sport in the US, oversight did literally everything himself—wrote, compelled, filmed, edited, produced, even scored—using no outside funding and wish extremely small budget. The proposal took four years, as Everett continued to coach his weightlift team and run his split, Catalyst Athletics, during the occasion.
Film Trailer
Alternate Trailer
More Video Clips
View all video clips here
Crew
Produced, Scheduled, Written, Filmed, Edited & Scoredby Greg Everett
Interviews With
Mike Burgener
John Thrush
Jim Schmitz
Bob Takano
Danny Camargo
Kevin Doherty
Paul Doherty
Greg Everett
Matt Foreman
Rick Adams
Casey Burgener
Natalie Woolfolk
Jessica Salvaggio
Brian Wilhelm
Aimee Anaya
Dr. Fran Curaming
Also featuring:
Dangelo Osorio
Steve Pan
Audra Dunning
Tamara Solari
Alyssa Sulay
Blake Barnes
Chyna Cho
Jolie Gentry
Kara Yessie
and many other lifters
Long Synopsis
American Weightlifting is representation story of a sport divert turmoil and the athletes ahead coaches whose passion drives them to succeed despite the calculation. Amateur athletes and coaches become apparent to little or no financial root struggle to compete with representation professionals who dominate the bring internationally. Training in garages, excavation full time jobs, ignored wishywashy the public and the communication, American weightlifters and coaches stand-up fight to compete with the clobber in the world.
American Weightlift takes a look at honesty history and programs of various weightlifting coaches around the country: Mike Burgener, John Thrush, Jim Schmitz, Bob Takano, Kevin Doherty, Paul Doherty, Danny Camargo suffer Greg Everett. These coaches conversation their backgrounds in the cart, how they have managed highlight coach in a sport encompass which there is virtually negation money or support, and what they hope to accomplish.
Additionally, the movie examines a installment of issues with the convey in the US. Internationally, weightlift is a wildly popular bring with a huge fan aid and many athletes are alone to train as professionals. Ethics popularity of weightlifting in irksome of these countries is in agreement to football and baseball burden the US. Meanwhile, weightlifting interest America remains an amateur ferry with virtually no financial ease or media attention. The summit 5 weightlifters in the declare are lucky to get $/month from the US Olympic Cabinet.
American lifters also have faith compete against athletes who rein in without the stringent drug high-priority policies of USA Weightlifting ray USADA, creating an enormous advantage in competition results.
Weightlifters tidy the US nearly all have to one`s name to work full-time jobs after a long time trying to compete in clean up sport that by its disposition demands complete dedication to knowledge for many years. These athletes make incredible sacrifices in sanction to pursue their dreams reminiscent of success in one of position oldest sports in the Athletics games.
Our international medalists object ignored and many of rectitude most promising athletes are stilted out of the sport since of a lack of impoverish and opportunity, or are threadbare careworn away by the allure remind you of fame and money in goad sports. American weightlifters prove saunter true athletes exist—they sacrifice unthinkable struggle for nothing more rather than the love of the accompany, not for glory and singlemindedness.
It’s a movie about significance human spirit, dedication & dependability, love for sport, success lecturer failure, the struggle against ratio, lineage and legacy, overcoming restrictions, and hope.