Racing Dreams is a 2009 documentary

Documentary

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 film directed by Marshall Curry

Marshall Curry

Marshall Curry is a documentary filmmaker. His first feature-length film, Street Fight, was nominated for an Academy Award and a News and Documentary Emmy. His second film, Racing Dreams, won Best Documentary and was runner up for the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2009...

. It follows two boys and one girl through a season of World Karting Association

World Karting Association

The World Karting Association, or WKA, is the largest sanctioning body for kart racing racing in North America. The WKA was founded in 1971 and is located directly behind Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The WKA is believed to currently have approximately 5,000 members...

 (WKA) racing. All three dream of becoming professional NASCAR

NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...

 drivers.

Racing Dreams was produced by Bristol Baughan and Marshall Curry

Marshall Curry

Marshall Curry is a documentary filmmaker. His first feature-length film, Street Fight, was nominated for an Academy Award and a News and Documentary Emmy. His second film, Racing Dreams, won Best Documentary and was runner up for the Audience Award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2009...

, and executive produced by Dwayne Johnson, Jack Turner, Dany Garcia (White Buffalo Entertainment) and Ben Goldhirsh (Good Inc.).
The film opened in theaters in select cities May 2010, distributed by Hannover House with marketing support by NASCAR Entertainment.

Racing Dreams is also being developed into a feature film by Dreamworks

DreamWorks

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 Producers Alex Kurtzman

Alex Kurtzman

Alex Kurtzman is an American film and television screenwriter and producer.Kurtzman was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where he met his high school friend and long time collaborator Roberto Orci...

 and Roberto Orci

Roberto Orci

Roberto Gaston Orci is a Mexican-American film producer, television producer, and screenwriter.-Biography:Orci was born in Mexico City to a Mexican father and a Cuban mother. His mother had left Cuba for Mexico after Fidel Castro came to power. He is the older brother of screenwriter-producer J....

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Synopsis

The film centers on racers Annabeth Barnes (11 years old), Josh Hobson (12), and Brandon Warren (13) during a single season of WKA racing, where success can lead to sponsorships and a NASCAR career. All three face challenges off the track as well as on as they come of age in the surprisingly high-pressure world of go-kart racing.

Reception

Racing Dreams premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival

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in 2009, where it was critically lauded and won the Jury Prize for Best Documentary. It screened around the country where it won additional awards (Audience Award- Florida Film Festival; Silver Hugo- Chicago Film Festival; Audience Award- Indianapolis Film Festival; Best Documentary- Jacksonville Film Festival).