Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
Sir Chris Hoy: Cancer, Courage and Me
Overview
Facing the biggest challenge of his life, Sir Chris Hoy opens up about his journey with terminal cancer and how the mental strength he honed as a six-time Olympic gold medallist is now helping him to inspire others. Drawing on his Olympic career, Chris reconsiders his purpose and how he will choose to live with cancer – turning his focus towards raising awareness and inspiring others. The story follows Chris from the early stages of planning a brand new cycling event through to being joined by friends, including Sir Andy Murray, for the end result in Glasgow: the Tour de Four, a bike ride with the ambition to raise one million pounds for charity and show fellow sufferers that it’s possible to stay active throughout their treatment.
Director and cast
More films
The White Stadium (1928)
Documentary
A profile of the 1928 Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- Director
- Arnold Fanck, Othmar Gurtner
- Cast
- Sonja Henie
A Healthy Baby Girl (1997)
Documentary · N/A
Filmmaker Judith Helfand turns the camera on herself to document her battle with cancer caused by DES, a drug prescribed to her mother during pregnancy. Refusing to confine the tears, rage, laughter and hope to dinner table conversations, Helfand invites us to witness her personal journey from radical hysterectomy patient to vocal oppo...
- Runtime
- 58m
Marathon (1993)
Documentary
For this documentary, the renowned Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura created a structure as unconventional as the Gaudí buildings that adorn the host city of Barcelona. Coverage of the men's marathon appears at intervals throughout the narrative, highlighting the Games' most iconic event. While charismatic winners—from 400m champion Micha...
- Runtime
- 2h 10m
- Cast
- Michael Jordan, Carl Lewis, Hassiba Boulmerka
Prognosis: Notes on Living (2021)
Documentary · N/A
When filmmaker Debra Chasnoff faces stage-4 cancer, she turns her lens on herself and the disease. What emerges is a portrait of her extended LGBTQ family —a story about hanging on while letting go.
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Cast
- Debra Chasnoff, Nancy Otto, Noah Klausner Chasnoff
Men In Sync (2022)
Documentary · N/A
A short documentary exploring the gender inequality that male artistic swimmers are facing in the Olympics, including intimate interviews with Spanish mixed duet Pau Ribes and Emma Garcia, and legendary American male artistic swimmer Bill May.
- Runtime
- 22m
- Cast
- Emma Garcia, Pau Ribes, Bill May
Comments
Talk about the film with other members