The Day Sports Stood Still (HBO Documentary)

(2021)

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Synopsis

Emmy®-winning director Antoine Fuqua (HBO’s What’s My Name | Muhammad Ali) and Oscar®-winning producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind) offer a definitive window into 2020’s extraordinary sports season, chronicling its abrupt pause, complex return to competition, and most notably, athletes’ role in the nationwide reckoning on racial injustice that took hold during the pandemic. At the heart of the documentary is a first-person account from executive producer and NBA All-Star Chris Paul, who relives his experience – from playing in the first game that was suspended in March, to suddenly living in quarantine, to his crucial role in helping reopen the NBA safely inside the “bubble.” Featuring a broad collection of in-depth, emotional interviews with a range of sports figures – from athletes in the NBA, MLB, NHL, and Olympics, to team owners, league commissioners, and more – The Day Sports Stood Still spotlights the industry’s critical platform and explores how the pandemic and the sports world’s pause ultimately helped ignite a game-changing conversation.

Cast

Malika Andrews, Mookie Betts, Natasha Cloud, Mark Cuban, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif