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Edge of Sports

Talking to the Director and Producer of Changing the Game

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8616 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

There is a new and groundbreaking film about trans youth athletes called Changing the Game. This week on the Edge of Sports podcast, we speak to director Michael Barnett, and Alex Schmider, the film's producer. Everyone should check out the movie, it’s fantastic and inspiring.

We also have “Choice Words” about the looming backlash in the world of sports against the political athlete. In addition, we have “Just Stand Up” and “Just Sit Down” awards to Naomi Osaka for her courageous stance in advocating for her mental health at the French Open and the NFL for their racist legal approach called race-norming, a practice they only recently decided to drop. All this and more on this week’s show!

Changing the Game

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Young people, trans athletes, who often have their stories taken from them and used against them,

1:03.6

but immediately upon meeting Michael and Claire, I knew what their intention was in making the film,

1:10.4

and that was to return these stories to these young people for whom they always belonged.

1:15.8

And I wanted to be a part of that journey in returning these stories to them and in showing them as the heroes in their own stories, which is so rarely the case.

1:37.8

Yeah. heroes in their own stories, which is so rarely the case. Welcome to the Edge of Sports Podcast. I'm Dave Ziron. There is a brilliant new film,

1:42.7

a documentary you can see on Hulu called Changing the Game about young transgender athletes.

1:48.2

And this week we speak to Michael Barnett, who's the film's director, and Alex Schmeeter, the producer.

1:55.3

And I'm so excited to talk to them because I just think that the film is brilliant.

2:00.4

It celebrates sports, and it's something that I'm very that the film is brilliant. It celebrates sports and it's something

2:03.4

that I'm very interested in chopping it up with these two filmmakers about. And I love documentaries.

2:08.6

So, you know, that's always going to be a part of the discussion as well. I also have some

2:12.7

choice words about the backlash brewing in the world of sports. This is ugly, and we got to talk about it.

2:18.9

I also have just stand up and just sit your ass down awards.

2:23.6

That's sit your ass down.

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