Photo: ‘Sisters On Track’/Netflix Unbreakable Spirits The newly released Netflix documentary, ‘Sisters On Track’, is a wildly authentic coming-of-age story, featuring three sisters who have risen above the rubble of the streets of Brooklyn, New York. The sisters; Tai, Rainn, and Brooke Sheppard have faced the absence of a father, the loss of a brother, and the stress of homelessness. Still, the sisters remain resilient, happy, and full of hope. The documentary follows the Sheppard girls for about four years but the filmmakers have condensed the footage down to about a three-year timeline. Related article: A Tribute to Cannes Film Festival: A Celebration of Cinema, Glamour, and Humanity | Statement From Hollywood Insider’s CEO Pritan Ambroase Related article: John Stamos’s ‘Big Shot’: A New Perspective on Winning & Inspiring Female Athletes to Be the Best Versions of Themselves Viewers are watching how the girls channel their innocence and...
- 6/25/2021
- by Danessa Naj'e Lopez
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
One must always be hesitant about stories dealing with the charity of multi-millionaires that never question the systemic issues behind such “selfless acts”—they can often make it seem those acts are a part of a working system. They are not. Is it great that Tai, Rainn, and Brooke Sheppard’s lives were forever changed after Tyler Perry gifted their mother Tonia Handy a Brooklyn apartment with two years’ worth of rent covered? Yes. Is it great that their Junior Olympic track and field victories landed them on the cover of Sports Illustrated and their background being homeless got them on The View so Perry could take note? Yes. But does it solve any underlying problems? No. The Sheppard sisters were lucky. Way too many aren’t.
The beginning of Tone Grøttjord-Glenne and Corinne van der Borch’s documentary Sisters on Track can thus be a bit rough—it’s...
The beginning of Tone Grøttjord-Glenne and Corinne van der Borch’s documentary Sisters on Track can thus be a bit rough—it’s...
- 6/23/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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