This documentary is a snapshot of Jessi's life. What makes me want to show this film to my daughter is Jessi's determination to be the best. Not the fastest woman, she was just trying to be the fastest person on earth.
Juxtaposed with that was her reality of being a women and the need to have a family.
Jessi was, as many of our heros, and also her own hero, a complicated personality. Trying to fit a personal life into her professional life was clearly a difficult challenge. The documentary includes a mini-documentary inside about one of Jessi's heros and how her professional and personal life fell apart. Jessi's public bubbling personality is shown but balanced with the focus she could muster under difficult and dangerous conditions, and her vulnerable moments, such as touching the car while praying.
Before I saw this film, I was in some way hoping that Jessi's last run's would not be shown from in-car footage, but ultimately the footage was handled with care and respect, and I am glad they included it in such a manner.
I don't know if I saw something I wanted to see, but it was as if the last couple of runs, her frown was deeper and she was more serious about the goal.
The reality is that everyone, no matter their gender or skill level, struggles with these personal battles, but that these struggles do not need to stop us from reaching our goals.
Juxtaposed with that was her reality of being a women and the need to have a family.
Jessi was, as many of our heros, and also her own hero, a complicated personality. Trying to fit a personal life into her professional life was clearly a difficult challenge. The documentary includes a mini-documentary inside about one of Jessi's heros and how her professional and personal life fell apart. Jessi's public bubbling personality is shown but balanced with the focus she could muster under difficult and dangerous conditions, and her vulnerable moments, such as touching the car while praying.
Before I saw this film, I was in some way hoping that Jessi's last run's would not be shown from in-car footage, but ultimately the footage was handled with care and respect, and I am glad they included it in such a manner.
I don't know if I saw something I wanted to see, but it was as if the last couple of runs, her frown was deeper and she was more serious about the goal.
The reality is that everyone, no matter their gender or skill level, struggles with these personal battles, but that these struggles do not need to stop us from reaching our goals.