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American Weightlifting

  • 2013
  • Unrated
  • 1h 58m
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8.4/10
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American Weightlifting (2013)
Ultra-independent - a one person production start to finish - American Weightlifting is a feature-length documentary film about the Olympic sport of weightlifting in the US. While wildly popular internationally, in the US, weightlifting is an obscure sport with virtually no financial, media or social support. Weightlifters and their coaches struggle to find ways to support the extremely demanding and time-consuming training regimens required for success in the sport while having to work jobs and train in poor conditions, while their international competition often train full-time with financial support and the intense interest of the media and population, and often questionable drug-testing policies.

The movie is about the hard work and dedication of these coaches and athletes to developing individual lifters and the sport as a whole, and their perseverance in the face of the daunting challenge of competing with the rest of the world.
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Ultra-independent - a one person production start to finish - this movie looks at the passion and dedication of American athletes and coaches in the Olympic sport of weightlifting. The sport... Read allUltra-independent - a one person production start to finish - this movie looks at the passion and dedication of American athletes and coaches in the Olympic sport of weightlifting. The sport is extremely popular internationally, but obscure and struggling in the US, where athlete... Read allUltra-independent - a one person production start to finish - this movie looks at the passion and dedication of American athletes and coaches in the Olympic sport of weightlifting. The sport is extremely popular internationally, but obscure and struggling in the US, where athletes and coaches must train as amateurs with virtually no support, yet compete professional i... Read all

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    • Greg Everett
  • Writer
    • Greg Everett
  • Stars
    • Mike Burgener
    • Danny Camargo
    • Kevin Doherty
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    • Director
      • Greg Everett
    • Writer
      • Greg Everett
    • Stars
      • Mike Burgener
      • Danny Camargo
      • Kevin Doherty
    • 7User reviews
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    Mike Burgener
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    Movie shows a lot of lifting and a lot of whining
    I appreciate lifting. I like to lift and I enjoy watching talented lifters lift. They show some of this. They spend a lot of time whining that other countries have more fans. They think the US government should support more lifters. They think audiences should attend their events. Make lifting interesting and people will find it. The current lifting is very boring for the majority of lifters to watch. Crossfit and UFC made sports that barely existed 10 years ago and made them relevant. Weightlifting needs to do this.They focus a lot on California lifters. It does wonder a little throughout the documentary. I was hoping for more but it is worth watching if yo like olympic lifting.
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      • November 2013 (United States)
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