Town of Runners (2015)

Ethiopia
Written By Ian Gituku

Synopsis/Description

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.

Country : Ethiopia

Director : Jerry Rothwell

Runtime : 1hr 20mins

Themes : Running, Motivation, Discovery

Availability/Where to watch : Buy/Rent Vimeo >https://vimeo.com/ondemand/townofrunners

Ian Gituku
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