BLOCK 13 - TRAILBLAZER TREK

A documentary narrative and short that introduces us to trailblazing women who move mountains in their passionate spheres. (2 films)

BREAKING THREE HOURS: TRAILBLAZING AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN MARATHONERS (01:19:41)

Documentary Features
By:  Anthony Renard Reed​

​2022 marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX. This documentary is about the mental, physical, sexual, and racial challenges faced by nine African American runners. Since 1975, 14 million runners have finished 26.2-mile marathons in the US. Only about two percent or 280,000 have finished in under three hours. About twenty are US-born Black women. This documentary is about nine of the women, who are National Black Distance Running Hall of Fame inductees and have completed marathons in under three hours. The women include the first African American woman to ever break three hours (in 1975), Baltimore-native Marilyn Bevans. (USA)

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JEDI TRAINING - EQUALITY BEGINS AT THE FIRST BOLT(28:30)  ​

Documentary Short
By:  Drew J. Hayes    ​

​Rock climbing’s popularity is soaring. New climbing areas and routes are needed to make way for the next generation of climbers. But who will be creating these new areas?
99% of the climbing routes in Texas have been established by cis white males. But now, a new generation of route developers are opening up new areas to make climbing more Just, Equitable, Diverse and Inclusive (J.E.D.I).
This film follows Bree Jameson, an avid outdoors-woman, twin mom, and a fierce advocate for social justice and gender equity. Bree finds the courage to embrace the discomfort of this new challenge as she becomes the first Black woman in Texas history to develop a rock climbing route (USA)

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TOTAL = 01:48:11