The Day Sports Stood Still

Mar 24, 2021

1h 35m

★ 6.4

When every game stopped and every life changed.

Overview

The story of the unprecedented sports shutdown in March of 2020 and the remarkable turn of events that followed. This sports documentary is a chronicle of the abrupt stoppage, athletes’ prominent role in the cultural reckoning on racial injustices that escalated during the pandemic, and the complex return to competition in the summer and fall.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Waffle Iron Entertainment

Fuqua Films

Imagine Documentaries

Ohh Dip!!! Productions

HBO Sports

Nike

Hill District Media

Imagine Entertainment

The Day Sports Stood Still Trailers

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Cast

Self

Chris Paul

Self

Natasha Cloud

Self

Mookie Betts

Self

Malika Andrews

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charles Barkley

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kobe Bryant

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Shaquille O'Neal

Self

Karl-Anthony Towns

Self

Adam Silver

Self

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

Self

Danilo Gallinari

Self

Laurie Hernandez

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