Rising Phoenix (2020)
Elite athletes and insiders reflect on the Paralympic Games and examine how they impact a global understanding of disability, diversity and excellence.
- Date of release
- 2020-08-26
- TMDB
- 8.1 / 10 (102)
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui
Casting
- Bebe Vio — Self
- Tatyana McFadden — Self
- Jonnie Peacock — Self
- Jean-Babtiste Alaize — Self
- Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex — Self
- Ellie Cole — Self
- Eva Loeffler — Self
- Cui Zhe — Self
- Andrew Parsons — Self
- Xavier Gonzalez — Self
- Matt Stutzman — Self
- Ntando Mahlangu — Self
Interesting facts
Rising Phoenix is a 2020 documentary film directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui and starring Tatyana McFadden, Bebe Vio and Jonnie Peacock. The film conveys the stories of nine Paralympic athletes and their journeys in competition.
Development
Greg Nugent, the marketing director for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, had wanted to make a documentary film about Paralympians for eight years before Rising Phoenix debuted. The directors of the film were Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui, who had previously made the 2018 documentary film McQueen. The film was intended to release to coincide with the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, but those games were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rising Phoenix was released on August 26, 2020 on Netflix. It is an HTYT Films and Passion Pictures production in association with Ventureland and Misfits Entertainment.
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