University of Toronto Cinema Studies Professor Grant Wiedenfeld joins the Radio FWD Podcast with Shawn Gouralnik to discuss one of the greatest sports documentaries ever made, Kon Ichikawa's Tokyo Olympiad from 1965. We discuss our own sport loyalties, chat about Tokyo Olympiad in detail, and discuss what sports movies tell us about our own cultures.

Check out Professor Wiedenfeld's book, Hollywood Sports Movies and the American Dream here:

https://www.grantwiedenfeld.org/acad.hollywood

Where he discusses: Rocky (1976), Slap Shot (1977), The Natural (1984), White Men Can't Jump (1992), A League of Their Own (1992), and Ali (2001)

If you are an upcoming student at the Cinema Studies Institute at U of Toronto, make sure to check out Professor Grant Wiedenfeld's course selection:

CIN201Y1 - Film Cultures

ICIN320H1S - Sports Movies

CIN460H1F - Beauty of the Cut