The Day Sports Stood Still

2021

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Directed by Antoine Fuqua (“What’s My Name | Muhammad Ali”), The Day Sports Stood Still is a feature-length documentary tells the story of the unprecedented sports shutdown in March of 2020 and the remarkable turn of events that followed. The film chronicles 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.

At the center of the film is the first-person account of NBA All-Star and president of the NBA Players Association, Chris Paul. Paul relives his journey from being in the middle of the first game to be stopped on March 11, 2020 against the Utah Jazz, to suddenly living in quarantine, to his crucial role in helping re-open the NBA safely to playing in “the bubble”; alongside a collection of raw interviews with athletes that detail how profoundly the sports world’s pause in the pandemic affected their lives and careers.

Brought to life through a collection of raw interviews with athletes that detail how profoundly the sports world’s pause in the pandemic affected their lives and careers, the documentary features: the NBA’s Donovan Mitchell, Danilo Gallinari, Karl-Anthony Towns, team owner Mark Cuban, commissioner Adam Silver, and players association executive director Michele Roberts; MLB’s Mookie Betts; the NHL’s Ryan Reaves; NFL’s Laurent Duvernay-Tardif; Natasha Cloud of the WNBA; LPGA’s Michelle Wie West; Dutch soccer player Marten de Roon; and Olympians Daryl Homer and Laurie Hernandez.

Release Date:

March 24, 2021 on HBO

Credits:

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Producers: Brian Grazer, Justin Wilkes, Antoine Fuqua

Executive Producers: Ron Howard, Sara Bernstein, Marc Gilbar, Chris Paul

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