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‘She Runs the World’ Review: What Wappened When Nike Thought It Could Beat Track Star Allyson Felix
The doc takes a surprisingly tender turn as it follows the most medaled runner in the world as she becomes a world-class maternity rights advocate.
“She Runs the World,” directed by Perri Peltz and Matthew O’Neill, joins a squad of documentaries that feature the stories of elite female athletes while leveraging lessons about equality and pay equity, among them “LFG” (about the National Women’s Soccer Team’s push for equal pay) and “Sue Bird: In the Clutch” (about the WNBA and the legendary point guard, who is an exec producer here). Providing insights on what makes Felix so good on the track, but also on the many challenges she faced once she committed to having a family: Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Bob Kersee, her coach. The sports apparel titan even has a new campaign: “The Girl Effect.” The contracts for track competitors can be very specific about performance benchmarks, with bonuses for medaling and reductions when they don’t.
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