While the beauty of non-fiction cinema comes in the medium’s uncanny ability to get at broad universal truths about often times a singular person or topic, there are few things more interesting than a documentary about a definitively and eye-openingly esoteric subject.
Take the new film from directors Mina T. Son and Sara Newens, Top Spin, for example.
Ostensibly your standard sports documentary, Son and Newens take to the world of table tennis, to introduce us to three teens who are attempting to make a go of it in the world of Olympic-level table tennis. The film introduces us to two California teens, Ariel Hsing and Lily Zhang, numbers one and two in the nation respectively, as well as 17-year-old Michael Landers, who is the country’s youngest male champion, winning the title at the age of 15. These three are our entry point into the shockingly high stakes world of table tennis,...
Take the new film from directors Mina T. Son and Sara Newens, Top Spin, for example.
Ostensibly your standard sports documentary, Son and Newens take to the world of table tennis, to introduce us to three teens who are attempting to make a go of it in the world of Olympic-level table tennis. The film introduces us to two California teens, Ariel Hsing and Lily Zhang, numbers one and two in the nation respectively, as well as 17-year-old Michael Landers, who is the country’s youngest male champion, winning the title at the age of 15. These three are our entry point into the shockingly high stakes world of table tennis,...
- 8/21/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
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