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ACTOR
Zion ClarkGilbert DonahueKimberly ClarkDarese Sparkman
DIRECTOR
Floyd Russ
SYNOPSICS
Zion (2018) is a English movie. Floyd Russ has directed this movie. Zion Clark,Gilbert Donahue,Kimberly Clark,Darese Sparkman are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2018. Zion (2018) is considered one of the best Documentary,Short,Biography,Sport movie in India and around the world.
A portrait of Zion Clark, a young wrestler who was born without legs and grew up in foster care.
Zion (2018) Reviews
Great documentary
Loved this show. I only wish it was longer. Very inspirational!
Beautiful. Emotional. Inspiring.
Well worth 11 minutes of your time, you'll be better for it. We live in a society prone to complaining, often about trivial things, and here is an amazing young man with immense limitiations who is not letting his situation get him down, instead choosing to be a conqueror.
Powerful short
I loved this story. Watching Zion and witnessing his personal ability to overcome his extraordinary circumstances and accomplish great thing was incredibly inspiring. found myself wishing there was another episode to watch.
A great short documentary
Having been making short docs for the past 5 years it is incredibly difficult to get a range of emotions across in 10 minutes. This film does a great job of shkwing Zion'story without it feeling rushed. It shows the struggle, the fight and determination that someone with a disability like Zion has to go through. Although a lot of the supporting shots are staged they have a great cinematic feel and don't feel unnecessary. Honest interviews make this a must see for anyone interested in inspirational stories about defying all the odds. Highly recommended.
A film that does not do justice to the success story
Here we have "Zion", a 12-minute (10 without credits), documentary short film from 2018 and one of Netflix's most recent releases. This one won director Floyd Russ some awards already, and even more nominations, and we will see how it fares once Oscar season moves closer. Anyway, this is the story of the man in the title, a disable African American who is pursuing a career as a wrestler. Against all odds as he has no legs. There are references about his life at a foster home, about his difficult childhood etc. stuff you always see in documentaries like these, but sadly it never feels like going a lot below the surface. Instead it shows us arranged scenarios of discrimination that really feel painful to watch because they are so staged and the over-the-top soundtrack isn't helping either. It is a bit of a pity as with Paralympics etc. around, it is interesting to see a severely disabled man succeed to some extent in his sport against healthy competitors. So in terms of the premise, there was definitely the opportunoty to turn this into a much better film than it eventually became. It all feels so arranged, so pseudo-emotional and so scripted, especially the actual competition scene with the coach's crying, that really could have been a positive highlight, but instead it is the opposite. So yeah I am not impressed by this one. Hoped it would be better as I know it from Netflix. Gotta give it a thumbs-down and not recommend checking it out. Zion certainly would have deserved more attention to detail.