
Feature-length documentary about the greatest diver of all time. Four-time Olympic champion Greg Louganis has faced more than his share of challenges. In 2011, he is far from the public eye and struggling to pay his mortgage. Now, the openly gay, HIV+ world-class athlete returns to diving to mentor the USA Olympic hopefuls. This may be his best chance to regain the notoriety -- and financial stability -- he enjoyed at the height of his career.... (Full plot summary below)
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Feature-length documentary about the greatest diver of all time. Four-time Olympic champion Greg Louganis has faced more than his share of challenges. In 2011, he is far from the public eye and struggling to pay his mortgage. Now, the openly gay, HIV+ world-class athlete returns to diving to mentor the USA Olympic hopefuls. This may be his best chance to regain the notoriety -- and financial stability -- he enjoyed at the height of his career.
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| Playback:stlSarah Boslaugh...an absorbing and, in the end, typically American story of perseverance through adversity. |
| Washington City PaperIan BuckwalterFurjanic shows a keen sense of how to structure Louganis' failures alongside his dramatic victories for maximum impact, as well as making poignant personal-is-political statements about evolving views of homosexuality. |
| Movie DearestFr. Chris CarpenterOffers little that is new to anyone who has read (Louganis's) autobiography or seen the TV movie adapted from it. Not particularly interesting or well made. |
| User ReviewPdx GReally good doc. Awesome guy glad to hear he's not in debt and doing well |
| User ReviewJill Fhonest, courageous, painful, beautiful. Must see! |
| User ReviewEmmert LGreg truly is an inspiration, and his contributions to the public conversation regarding homophobia and HIV/AIDS awareness are incalculable. Back on Board gives a beautiful, sometimes haunting, yet always inspiring insight on Greg's life and career. A must see documentary!! |
| User ReviewSteven CWonderful Documentary! Giving us an up to date look into the life of a very Inspiring Soul. Greg Louganis is not only an Olympian, Champion, Gold Winning Diver but here he is seen more personally as an Inspiration! Proving that no matter your achievement's in life, you have obstacles that some could never imagine. Greg is proof that no matter how difficult thing's may be that there is always hope and he shows this via his own strength. Emerging from it all as a "Champion In Life", we see first hand how Greg has turned his adversity into Triumph! |
| User ReviewJohnny CThis is going to be a definite "must see"! |
| User ReviewDan LA great documentary about a formerly-bullied gay athlete who comes to own his identity and defend himself proudly. |
| User ReviewJAMES CExcellent documentary about life after the Olympics off the greatest diver who ever lived, Greg Louganis. Moving and very revealing. |