Nina Is An Athlete
Directed by Ravit Markus, Israel, 2024, Documentary, Hebrew (w/ subtitles), 72 min.
From Executive Producer Jim LeBrecht (the Academy Award-nominated co-director of Crip Camp.) Wheelchair badminton champion, Nina Gorodetsky, has her first and maybe last chance to make it to the Paralympics. However, she is negotiating a ticking biological clock both as an athlete and as a woman. Amidst debating what would she be willing to sacrifice to realize her Olympic dream, everything changes: the stopwatches of all the world’s athletes come to a screeching halt due to a worldwide pandemic. Nina is an Athlete tracks her unpredictable three-year journey to defy the odds and fulfill her athletic aspirations while staying true to her maternal desires.