25 Jan 2019
Stay Close
The underdog story of a fencer from Brooklyn who overcomes a gauntlet of hardships on the road to the Olympics.
The Olympics in Mexico
Documentary about the XIX Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 1999.
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Enrique Lizalde Narrator
Roberto Morales Narrator
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Self
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