Sha'Carri Richardson to Appear in New Short Documentary “Sub Eleven Seconds”
The film was executive produced by Virgil Abloh.
JANUARY 19, 2022
Sha'Carri Richardson's fame exploded ahead of the 2020 Olympics. The track star, with her bold orange hair, was known for her record breaking speed, declaring in a post-race interview that she wanted the world to know she is “that girl.” When marijuana use disqualified her from competing at the Games, fans and supporters were heartbroken, not just because we couldn't watch her prowess on the track, but because she is “that girl,” the one everyone was rooting for. Now, Sha'Carri will tell her story in a new short film that explores time — both how it was on her side and against her.
The film called Sub Eleven Seconds, likely referencing her record-breaking 100m speed, will premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Bafic with executive producer Virgil Abloh, Sha'Carri tweeted the trailer to the film on January 18. On the Sundance website, the film is described as “a rumination on time, loss, and hope,” featuring a “poetic” imagining of Sha'Carri's quest to reach the Olympic games.
“Time is my blessing and my curse,” Sha'Carri says in the trailer. “On the track, I've been blessed to run fast. Off the track, time has cheated me. You don't know when something or someone will be taken from you.”
Sha'Carri was disqualified from the Olympics after testing positive for marijuana use, which she said she used to cope with emotional pain. After the positive test, Sha'Carri appeared on TODAY and said she learned of her biological mother's death from a new reporter, which sent her into an “emotional panic.” That, she said, led her to use marijuana to cope.
“We all have our different struggles,” she said at the time. “But to put on a face, to have to go in front of the world and put on a face and hide my pain, like, who are you? Who am I to tell you how to cope when you’re dealing with a pain or you’re dealing with a struggle you’ve never experienced before?”
“I apologize for the fact that I didn’t know how to control my emotions or deal with my emotions during that time,” she continued. “Don’t judge me. I am human.… I just happen to run a little faster.”
The Sundance Film Festival runs from January 20-30.
Sha'Carri Richardson Says Time Is Her Blessing and Curse in New Short Film
“On the track, I've been blessed to run fast. Off the track, time has cheated me."www.teenvogue.com
This a great way to capitalize on L's!
. Hypocrisy like a motherfucker. They are gonna dope the fuck out of 10 year old kids in China and Russia moving forward.
