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Dancing the Bear: A 100-Mile Journey of Personal Exploration (DVD)

Posted July 9th, 2007 at 4:00 PM by Paul Petersen

Section: Motivation, Movies, Special Features, TFS Reviews

Dancing the Bear running documentary DVD cover running-movie Documentaries have become an increasingly popular and powerful movie genre, with a variety of titles such as “Super Size Me”, “Fahrenheit 9/11″ “Roger and Me”, and “Spellbound” gaining both cult status and mass appeal.

However, the special interests of runners have been largely neglected, and I’ve been left wondering, “Where’s my running documentary?”. My wait ended earlier this year with the release of “Dancing the Bear: A 100-Mile Journey of Personal Exploration“.

“Dancing the Bear”, created by Soul Focus Productions, is a 54-minute documentary that closely chronicles the experience of two women, Kelly Bradbury and Mary Workman, attempting to complete the 2004 Bear 100 Endurance Run. The DVD weaves its story through a cohesive string of interviews supplemented by beautiful video footage of the race, the people, and landscape.
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