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PBS Intl. Delivers Squad of Sports-Themed Documentaries to MipTV Ahead of Paris Olympics (EXCLUSIVE)
PBS Intl. is bringing a squad of sports-themed documentaries to MipTV to tie in with the Olympic Games that'll run this summer in Paris.
It follows Sanusi Turay, a charismatic ex-Sierra Leonean Olympic sprinter, and his most talented athletes, Sarah Bona and Daddy Alie Bangura, through the trials and tribulations of training for the Games in 2004. These sons of loggers, shipyard workers and farmers overcame psychological, physical and economic hardships to beat not only the Ivy League teams of the East Coast, but Adolf Hitler’s elite German rowers. “We’re thrilled to present these compelling stories of courage and triumph as the world gears up for the Paris Olympics,” Joe Barrett, VP of global sales at PBS Intl., said.
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