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Racing Dreams

2010 · 93 min

A gentle, human documentary that makes kids' kart racing feel like high-stakes drama, full of earnest dreams and quiet family strain.

Tagline
Coming of age in a fast world.
Overview
From go-kart champs, NASCAR winners are bred -- or so goes the thinking of the drivers (and their families) involved in the World Karting Association's National Pavement Series. This documentary follows three of the series' top contenders. Although small in stature, the adolescent racers harbor big dreams as they hit speeds of 60 to 70 miles per hour in their quest to ascend the first rung on their way to NASCAR in this film from Marshall Curry.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • ambition
  • family
  • sport
  • class
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Marshall Curry
Written by
Marshall Curry
Starring
Annabeth Barnes, Josh Hobson, Brandon Warren, Russ Wiles
Cinematography
Peter Gordon
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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