Documentarian Ravit Markus, recipient of the Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant through New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT), is interviewed about her film, Nina is an Athlete, which made its world premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, January 22-28, where it won the Audience Award. The film showcases wheelchair badminton champion, Nina Gorodetsky, who finally has a chance to make it to the Paralympics. However, she is negotiating a ticking biological clock both as an athlete and as a woman. What would she be willing to sacrifice to realize her Olympic dream?
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