Infinite Race

2020. 70 min. ESPN 30 for 30.

A decade after Christopher McDougall’s bestseller Born to Run helped introduce the world to the phenomenal athletic feats of the marathon runners of the reclusive indigenous Tarahumara tribe of Northern Mexico, Emmy®-nominated director Bernardo Ruiz (Harvest Season) offers an in-depth portrait of the community’s attempts to overcome external threats of nearby drug cartels and diminishing crops. The Infinite Race centers around the 2015 Ultra Maratón Caballo Blanco, an annual 50-mile race in Urique that Oakland-born runner Micah True started to help preserve and celebrate the Tarahumara heritage, as cartel violence risks canceling the event altogether. Ruiz balances a nuanced and inspiring portrait of the Tarahumara people with a compelling look at the ways their endurance running has left a mark on runners across the globe. In English and Spanish with English subtitles

Official selection at Doclands Documentary Film Festival, Full Frame Film Festival, and the International Documentary Film Festival of Mexico City.

Part of the Academy Award and Peabody-winning ESPN documentary series, 30 for 30.