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This section covers everything from Muhammed Ali biopic 'When We Were Kings' to wannabe basketballer epic 'Hoop Dreams'. Here you will also find Leni Riefenstahl's ode to the Berlin Olympics 'Olympiad' and a veritable treasure chest of extreme sports and surfing documentaries, notably those of Warren Miller and Bruce Brown. If armchair sports are your thing, get comfy...

Overcoming (2005)

7.1/10
Director: Tomas Gislason
Starring: Bjarne Riis, Ivan Basso, Carlos Sastre, Michelle Bartoli

Focusing on the Danish team at the 2004 Tour de France, this documentary follows cycle guru Bjarne Riis as he tries to push his bikers to the limit in... Read more

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005)

8.3/10
Director: Ken Burns
Starring: Muhammad Ali, Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Keith David, Jack Johnson, Samuel L Jack...

Award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns employs his inimitable laid back style to explore the life of flambloyant heavyweight boxer, Jack Johnson. Born to... Read more

TT: Closer to the Edge (2011)

7.1/10
Director: Richard De Aragues

The Isle of Man Tourist Trophy is the greatest motorcycle road race in the world, the ultimate challenge for rider and machine. It has always called f... Read more

The Endless Summer (1966)

7.8/10
Director: Bruce Brown
Starring: Mike Hynson, Robert August

They call it 'The Endless Summer', the ultimate surfing adventure, crossing the globe in search of the perfect wave. From the uncharted waters of West... Read more

Bicycle Dreams (2009)

7.4/10
Director: Stephen Auerbach

The organizers of the Race Across America (RAAM) call it "the World's Toughest Bike Race," and if it isn't the most punishing athletic event in the Un... Read more

Camino Skies (2019)

7.6/10

Exploring themes of spirituality, wellbeing and religion, this is the inspirational journey of six strangers from New Zealand and Australia walking th... Read more

Hillary: Ocean to Sky (2019)

8/10
Director: Michael Dillon
Starring: Edmund Hillary

For this feature-length documentary Michael Dillon revisits his award-winner From the Ocean to the Sky, about Edmund Hillary's Ganges jet boat expedit... Read more

3 Degrees (2002)

Shot throughout Aoteoroa on 35mm, 16mm, Super 8 and digital video and featuring back country powder sessions, gnarly ghetto job fests, comps, events a... Read more

Blindsight (2006)

7.3/10
Director: Lucy Walker
Starring: Sabriye Tenberken, Erik Weihenmayer

Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayas, this inspiring documentary follows the gripping adventure of six Tibetan teenagers who set out... Read more

Salute (2008)

7.6/10
Director: Matt Norman
Starring: Tommie Smith, Peter Norman, John Carlos

At the 1968 Mexico Olympics two black American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, won gold and bronze respectively, in the 200m dash, famously gi... Read more