ChannelHopper.org > Documentary films about sportspeople
Documentary films about sportspeople
Weekend of a Champion
An entertaining vérité look at world champion driver Sir Jackie Stewart as Roman Polanski follows his attempt to win the Monaco Grand Prix in 1971.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Weekend of a Champion
Linsanity
The life story of basketball sensation, Jeremy Lin.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Linsanity
The Armstrong Lie
In 2009, Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong’s comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong’s confession. The Arms...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent The Armstrong Lie
Untold: Deal with the Devil
Christy Martin broke boundaries and noses as she rose in the boxing world, but her public persona belied personal demons, abuse and a threat on her life.
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Untold: Deal with the Devil
No No: A Dockumentary
Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter on LSD, then worked for decades counseling drug abusers. Dock's soulful style defined 1970s baseball as he kept hitters honest and embarrassed the establishment. An ense...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent No No: A Dockumentary
Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story
The first and only Taiwanese player for the New York Yankees, Chien-Ming Wang held many titles: American League Wins Leader, World Series Champion, Olympian, Time 100 Most Influential, and The Pride o...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Following his infamous championship as part of a marketing stunt for the film Ready to Rumble, David Arquette is widely known as the most hated man in pro-wrestling worldwide. Nearly 20 years after he...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Gun Runners
For years, Julius Arile and Robert Matanda thrive among the bands of warriors that terrorize the North Kenyan countryside. So when both warriors suddenly disappear from the bush, many assume they are...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Gun Runners
Ladies First
An inspirational survival story of Deepika Kumari who, as a girl born on the roadside to abject poverty in rural India, went in search of food, stumbled upon archery, and within 4 years became the Num...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent Ladies First
I Am Bolt
Fully authorized, access-all-areas feature doc on the hugely charismatic and globally adored Usain Bolt – officially the fastest man alive. With never-before-seen archive footage of his youth in Jamai...
Find out more, including where to buy or rent I Am Bolt