Andrew Cohn and Davy Rothbart's documentary chronicles the losing season of a small town high school basketball team. By THR Staff Medora Film still - H 2013 The titular Indiana town is clearly in sad ...
It all started with The New York Times. In 2009, the paper of record sent a reporter to Medora, a tiny town 80 miles south of Indianapolis. He returned with a story that seemed like the anti-Hoosiers: ...
An article about a hapless basketball team spawns a film that follows a few Indiana high schoolers—and lends new meaning to a small town needing something to root for. Cohn and Rothbart knew they had ...
Medora follows a small Indiana town’s high school basketball team that is continually facing an uphill battle. Largely outpopulated by the conglomerated schools in the state, Medora has kept its small ...
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The closing scene in the 82-minute documentary “Medora” had barely finished when John Werner turned to the person next to him and gave his review: “They got it right,” Werner said.
Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...
In Monday's issue of IBJ, I'll be highlighting some of the strongest selections at this year's Indianapolis International Film Festival. But since one is screening Friday (i.e., tonight) in an unusual ...
The Medora High School basketball team doesn’t just lose—it loses every time, every year, by dozens of points. But such ignominy hides a fascinating anomaly: In an education system long since ...
Filmmakers Andrew Cohn and Davy Rothbart deliver a bleakly potent portrait of life in an economically devastated Middle American town. Small victories — indeed, victories of any sort — are all the ...