MIGHTY JEROME (2010)
- Run Time: 84 min.
- Rating: NR
- Director: Charles Officer
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Plot Summary
In 1959, at just nineteen years of age, African-Canadian Harry Jerome was Canada’s most promising track and field star, on his way to the Olympics. By 1962, after a terrible leg injury, everyone feared his career was over. But Jerome was determined not to quit, starting what his coach called “the greatest comeback in track and field history.”
A truly inspiring Canadian hero, Jerome kept running through years of personal, racial and political challenges, with a strength of character as impressive as his athletic ability. Gorgeous black and white imagery, archival footage and interviews are mixed with a soul soundtrack and dramatic re-enactments for a deeply insightful documentary that tells the runner’s story from his early days, through three Olympic Games and his sudden, tragic death.
About the Director
Charles Officer
Actor, writer and filmmaker Officer’s first feature, Nurse.Fighter.Boy, won the audience award for Best in World Cinema at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. He directed two episodes of the TV series ‘da Kink in My Hair. Mighty Jerome is Officer’s most recent film.
