Town of Runners is a feature documentary about young runners from the Ethiopian rural town of Bekoji, home to the current Olympic and World Champions Tirunesh Dibaba and Kenenisa Bekele. The film follows three children as they move from school track to national competition and from childhood to adulthood.... (Full plot summary below)
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Town of Runners is a feature documentary about young runners from the Ethiopian rural town of Bekoji, home to the current Olympic and World Champions Tirunesh Dibaba and Kenenisa Bekele. The film follows three children as they move from school track to national competition and from childhood to adulthood.
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| Easy Reader (California)Neely SwansonUnfocused, [Director Jerry] Rothwell touches on many subjects - education, sports, local politics, shoddy management, poverty, hopelessness - without ever digging very deeply into any of them. |
| Financial TimesAntonia QuirkeIt's a fantastically cool British documentary about two runners from Bekoji - a highland town in Ethiopia that has produced some of the world's greatest long-distance runners including the paradisiacal Tirunesh Dibaba. |
| Globe and MailGuy DixonThe documentary, a must-see for any runner looking for inspiration, only skirts the reasons why the town of Bekoji seems to provide such an advantage to its young athletes. |
| Total FilmSimon KinnearFluctuations in form, funding and bureaucracy hinder the girls' progress but their ambition never wavers. In an Olympic year, here's an inspirational reminder of what it's all about. |
| Little White LiesSophie HaslettSo much more than a documentary about Olympic runners, Town of Runners is an introspective eulogy to a way of life. |
| The ListHannah McGillThe filmmakers achieve intimacy without condescension, and capture both heartrending hopefulness and sad self-delusion. An interesting if slightly limited corrective to sanctimonious Olympics hype. |
| CineVueDaniel GreenA worthwhile watch for those interested in athletics, Africa or simply the sheer unwavering endurance of human ambition. |
| Time OutCath ClarkeThis amazing story might be familiar - it's one of those tales sporadically recycled by the Sunday glossies. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineIt's a bit low-key and simplistic, but the photography is beautiful and the human stories are riveting. |
| Toronto StarBruce DemaraThis isn't a new story, young people having to rely on their athletic prowess to escape lives of poverty while navigating the adversities that life throws in their path. What Rothwell demonstrates is how universal that struggle is. |
