A Most Beautiful Thing

A Most Beautiful Thing (2020)

Stay strong. Be true. Go the distance.

A chronicle of the first African American high school rowing team in America made up of young men, many of whom were in rival gangs from the West Side of Chicago, coming together to row in the same boat.

Date of release
2020-06-18
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Mary Mazzio

Casting

  • Common — Self - Narrator (voice)

Interesting facts

A Most Beautiful Thing is a 2020 documentary film chronicling the history of the first US African American public high school rowing team, composed of young men from the West Side of Chicago, many of whom were in rival gangs. The film is narrated by Common, directed by filmmaker and Olympic rower Mary Mazzio, and produced by NBA athletes Grant Hill and Dwyane Wade along with 9th Wonder who also did the hip-hop score for the film.

Production and release

A Most Beautiful Thing was inspired by team captain Arshay Cooper's 2015 memoir Suga Water, which was republished June 30, 2020 by Flatiron Books under the name A Most Beautiful Thing.

The film was executive produced by NBA athletes Grant Hill and Dwyane Wade along with 9th Wonder. Bill Hudson, John H. Carlson, Bill McNabb and Katie McNabb, Ginny Gilder and Lynn Slaughter, Bryan White and Christine White, Bruce Herring and Tricia Herring, Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss, Ted Dintersmith, Derek Dudley, Doris Casap, Ashley Bekton, Chaz Ebert, and Rick Lane are also listed as executive producers.

Originally selected as a Documentary Spotlight, A Most Beautiful Thing was set to premiere at South by Southwest on March 16, 2020 and premiere nationally with AMC Theatres on March 27, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film's release was pushed back to July 31, 2020 when it opened on Xfinity. On July 30, 2020 the film became available on Comcast NBCUniversal's Xfinity before moving to its Peacock streaming service on September 4, 2020.

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