(Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you don’t want to know what is depicted in “Athlete A”)
Netflix’s new documentary “Athlete A” delves into the sexual abuse scandals reported within USA Gymnastics and focuses on Larry Nassar, the now-infamous gymnastics doctor who was accused of assaulting at least 250 young women since 1992.
Nassar’s victims include many Olympic and United States women’s national gymnastics team gymnasts, and Nassar was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison in 2017 after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Then, in 2018, he was sentenced to 175 years after pleading guilty to seven counts of sexual assault of minors. Then, a month later, he received another sentencing of 40 to 125 years after pleading guilty to three more counts of sexual assault — he will die in prison for his crimes.
“I wasn’t proud to be an Olympian,” Jamie Dantzscher, former gymnast and part of the bronze-medal-winning American team at the 2000 Olympics,...
Netflix’s new documentary “Athlete A” delves into the sexual abuse scandals reported within USA Gymnastics and focuses on Larry Nassar, the now-infamous gymnastics doctor who was accused of assaulting at least 250 young women since 1992.
Nassar’s victims include many Olympic and United States women’s national gymnastics team gymnasts, and Nassar was sentenced to 60 years in federal prison in 2017 after pleading guilty to child pornography charges. Then, in 2018, he was sentenced to 175 years after pleading guilty to seven counts of sexual assault of minors. Then, a month later, he received another sentencing of 40 to 125 years after pleading guilty to three more counts of sexual assault — he will die in prison for his crimes.
“I wasn’t proud to be an Olympian,” Jamie Dantzscher, former gymnast and part of the bronze-medal-winning American team at the 2000 Olympics,...
- 6/24/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
‘Athlete A’ Review: Horrifying, Meticulous Larry Nassar Doc Should Spell End of Toxic USA Gymnastics
In 1995, sports journalist Joan Ryan published “Little Girls in Pretty Boxes,” a scathing non-fiction accounting of the myriad of abuses inflicted on young women in the pursuit of athletic glory in the fields of gymnastics and figure skating. The book shook up both sports (and even inspired a 1997 Lifetime movie), ultimately pushing ruling body USA Gymnastics to develop new initiatives to combat decades’ worth of harmful practices.
Usag soon set about crafting a “wellness program,” complete with a lauded 100-page manual that includes medically sound tips and tricks. Within five years, however, the program’s budget had been slashed and its director had quit. Still, it lived on in chilling ways: the manual’s introduction came complete with a sterling introduction by a beloved Usag doctor. It was Larry Nassar.
Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk’s documentary “Athlete A” never directly invokes the name of Ryan’s book, but it...
Usag soon set about crafting a “wellness program,” complete with a lauded 100-page manual that includes medically sound tips and tricks. Within five years, however, the program’s budget had been slashed and its director had quit. Still, it lived on in chilling ways: the manual’s introduction came complete with a sterling introduction by a beloved Usag doctor. It was Larry Nassar.
Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk’s documentary “Athlete A” never directly invokes the name of Ryan’s book, but it...
- 6/23/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Thompson on Hollywood
‘Athlete A’ Review: Horrifying, Meticulous Larry Nassar Doc Should Spell End of Toxic USA Gymnastics
In 1995, sports journalist Joan Ryan published “Little Girls in Pretty Boxes,” a scathing non-fiction accounting of the myriad of abuses inflicted on young women in the pursuit of athletic glory in the fields of gymnastics and figure skating. The book shook up both sports (and even inspired a 1997 Lifetime movie), ultimately pushing ruling body USA Gymnastics to develop new initiatives to combat decades’ worth of harmful practices.
Usag soon set about crafting a “wellness program,” complete with a lauded 100-page manual that includes medically sound tips and tricks. Within five years, however, the program’s budget had been slashed and its director had quit. Still, it lived on in chilling ways: the manual’s introduction came complete with a sterling introduction by a beloved Usag doctor. It was Larry Nassar.
Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk’s documentary “Athlete A” never directly invokes the name of Ryan’s book, but it...
Usag soon set about crafting a “wellness program,” complete with a lauded 100-page manual that includes medically sound tips and tricks. Within five years, however, the program’s budget had been slashed and its director had quit. Still, it lived on in chilling ways: the manual’s introduction came complete with a sterling introduction by a beloved Usag doctor. It was Larry Nassar.
Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk’s documentary “Athlete A” never directly invokes the name of Ryan’s book, but it...
- 6/23/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Dr. Larry Nassar was the prototypical wolf in sheep’s clothing, a respected physician, community figure, and friend who exploited the trust of children and adults alike in order to perpetrate sexual assaults against young female gymnasts. His infamous fall from grace, and the impact it had on those who suffered by his hand, is movingly recounted by “At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal,” director Erin Lee Carr’s survivor-populated documentary. Reasonably definitive and, thus, deservedly damning, it should have a long life on HBO, following its Tribeca Film Festival debut.
It wasn’t until September 2016 that Nassar, a sports doctor at Michigan State U. and with USA Gymnastics’ national team, was publicly outed by former gymnast Rachael Denhollander as a sexual predator. In the months that followed, hundreds of athletes came forward to claim that they too had been molested by Nassar, often via a...
It wasn’t until September 2016 that Nassar, a sports doctor at Michigan State U. and with USA Gymnastics’ national team, was publicly outed by former gymnast Rachael Denhollander as a sexual predator. In the months that followed, hundreds of athletes came forward to claim that they too had been molested by Nassar, often via a...
- 5/5/2019
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
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