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SATURDAY, JULY 23 AT 5:00 PM

 

STARTING AT THE FINISH LINE:  THE COACH BUEHLER STORY

 

 

U.S.A.—67 minutes

 

A documentary directed by Amy Unell.

 

Watch the trailer...

   

His office door simply says, Track & Field Coach.  His life says infinitely more. Al Buehler has touched and enriched the lives of thousands of athletes including Olympians Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Carl Lewis and Joan Benoit Samuelson, world champion Mary Decker Slaney, as well as Duke icons Grant Hill, Shane Battier, and Coach K. (Mike Krzyzewski) and the lives of thousands more who have never owned a pair of track shoes. For 55 years, Buehler has inspired athletes and met enormous challenges, breaking ground in race relations, women's athletics, and international sport.


Produced by Grant Hill and Amy Unell. Director of Photography: Gregg Hoerdemann. In competition
from 33 & 3 Productions.