Just because you aren't running the NYC Marathon doesn't mean you can't be a part of the action. On November 6, the day before this year's Ing New York City Marathon, Thirteen will premiere Judd Ehrlich's acclaimed documentary Run For Your Life, a film chronicling the life and mission of Fred Lebow, legendary founder of the NYC Marathon. Run For Your Life premiered at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, and is the only documentary on a recent Runner's World list of the top five films of all time. The Emmy-nominated Ehrlich first became interested in telling Lebow's story through a friendship with the runner's nephew, Moshe Katz. "Moshe would tell me stories about his uncle that I had never heard on news reports. As a New Yorker, Fred's story spoke to me. I grew up here, and I remember how he transformed the city each year putting on the marathon with...
- 11/2/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
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