At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal: Season 1

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At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: May 3, 2019

Summary: Erin Lee Carr's documentary features interviews with survivors, coaches, journalists and lawyers as it explores the culture and practices within USA Gymnastics that allowed Dr. Larry Nassar to abuse more than 300 athletes over 18+ years.

Genre(s): Sports, Movie/Mini-Series, Documentary

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Brian Lowry

May 7, 2019

Yet by turning the documentary into such a powerful forum for the resolve and resilience of these young women, Carr, in filmmaking terms, really sticks the landing. Read full review

John Anderson

May 3, 2019

The benefits outweigh the few unsavory side effects of this largely first-rate documentary, a clangorous wake-up call about a career of sexual abuse that seems to have been too clumsy and/or obvious to have gone on for a week, much less 20 years. Read full review

Sophie Gilbert

May 3, 2019

What Carr manages to indict in the film is both a specific environment and a more general culture disinclined to believe what women say about their own body. ... The most powerful moments in the movie come in the final third, as Carr captures the week in January 2018 during which 156 women gave victim-impact statements before Nassar’s sentencing in criminal court. Read full review

Robert Abele

May 3, 2019

A compellingly woven true-crime primer that serves both the gist of what happened while exploding your consciousness over what needs to be done in the future. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

May 9, 2019

The many revelations about Nassar have already been widely reported, but Carr’s film, which is also available on HBO, works as a worthwhile précis, featuring interviews with many of the women who came forward. Read full review

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GrantD243

Jun 11, 2019

I heard about the scandal involving the USA gymnastics team doctor abusing female gymnasts when it first became public, but I didn't read much into it at the time. If you were like me, this is the perfect documentary for you. It covers the whole story in detail, and my goodness is it aI heard about the scandal involving the USA gymnastics team doctor abusing female gymnasts when it first became public, but I didn't read much into it at the time. If you were like me, this is the perfect documentary for you. It covers the whole story in detail, and my goodness is it a frustrating one.… Expand

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