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  • 2013
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2013
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 22 m

Summary Two worlds collide when cycling legend Jock Boyer moves to Rwanda to help the first Rwandan National Cycling Team in their six year journey to compete in the Olympic Games in London. Setting out against impossible odds both Jock and the team find new purpose as they rise from the ashes of their past. [First Run Features]

Directed By: T.C. Johnstone

Written By: Gregg Helvey

  • 2013
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2013
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 22 m

Rising from Ashes

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Two worlds collide when cycling legend Jock Boyer moves to Rwanda to help the first Rwandan National Cycling Team in their six year journey to compete in the Olympic Games in London. Setting out against impossible odds both Jock and the team find new purpose as they rise from the ashes of their past. [First Run Features]

Directed By: T.C. Johnstone

Written By: Gregg Helvey

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
58
44% Positive
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44% Mixed
4 Reviews
11% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
58
44% Positive
4 Reviews
44% Mixed
4 Reviews
11% Negative
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90
Jul 30, 2013
Rising from Ashes is not just about a cycling team; it's a testament to what happens when human beings care for one another.
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80
Jul 31, 2013
Narrated in unobtrusive fashion by Forest Whitaker and featuring a jaunty Afropop soundtrack, the film is crisp and economical, with the filmmaker carefully avoiding extraneous melodramatics. They are, after all, hardly necessary in a tale that already contains such inherently powerful drama.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
63
Aug 2, 2013
The sincerity and simplicity of the film, however, lift it somewhat above the ordinary run.
By Farran Smith Nehme FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 1, 2013
Filmed over six years, “Ashes” is joyous and uplifting, full of spirit, memorable athletes (including Olympian Adrien Niyonshuti) and remarkable achievements, both big and small.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 30, 2013
Only a periodic focus on the troubled backstory of the team’s coach, American cyclist Jock Boyer, strikes the wrong note, distracting from a far more compelling tale.
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50
Aug 1, 2013
Rising From Ashes has the phantom limbs of missed opportunities.
By David DeWitt FULL REVIEW
20
Jul 31, 2013
A film’s quality should be measured not by its agenda’s transparency, but by its narrative heft. And the narrative is the problem with Rising From Ashes.
By Andrew Lapin FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Gratis 7 Media Group
Release Date Aug 2, 2013
Duration 1 h 22 m
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Tagline The Impossible Triumph of Team Rwanda.
Website https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rising-From-Ashes-The-Movie/159495200747494?ref=sgm
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Awards

Hamptons International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
RiverRun International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Heartland International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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