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Generation Iron: Natty 4 Life

2020 · 108 min

A behind-the-scenes look at natural bodybuilding that feels earnest and quietly tense as it questions who is truly clean.

Directed by: Vlad Yudin
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Kai Greene, Mike O'Hearn

Tagline: Natty or Not?
Overview: This next chapter in the flagship Generation Iron film series explores the controversial world of professional natural bodybuilding by following top pros competing for the Natural Olympia title in a league dedicated to ensuring all competitors are free of performance enhancing drugs. With drug use evolving at a rapid pace across sports and entertainment, natural bodybuilding as a whole has been criticized and questioned. Can the league guarantee that these competitors are truly natural?

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Directed by: Vlad Yudin
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Kai Greene, Mike O'Hearn

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Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
identity
morality
sport
Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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