“In an era when most motion pictures aim merely to divert, this one aims to transport – and succeeds, brilliantly. Ethiopia is no farther away than the neighborhood theater”

- Susan Stark

“It’s so loping that the mind wanders, even doubting the veracity of the narrative”

- Keith Simanton

Endurance

Ethiopian long-distance runner Haile Gebrselassie trains for and eventually wins the gold at the Atlanta Olympics in this dramatization of his life. Haile Gebrselassie, Yonas Zergaw, Shawananness Gebrsellasie, Tedesse Haile, Bekele Gebrsellasie, Alem Tellahun. Directors: Dourg Greenspan, Leslie Woodhead (1998, G)