Bibliograph

Ping pong, HanWay Films ; BRITDOC Films ; Banyak Films in association with BRITDOC and Channel 4 presents a Hartford Brothers film produced by Anson Hartford ; directed by Hugh Hartford

Type

Label

Ping pong, HanWay Films ; BRITDOC Films ; Banyak Films in association with BRITDOC and Channel 4 presents a Hartford Brothers film produced by Anson Hartford ; directed by Hugh Hartford

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: Not rated

Main title

Ping pong

Oclc number

856022944

Responsibility statement

HanWay Films ; BRITDOC Films ; Banyak Films in association with BRITDOC and Channel 4 presents a Hartford Brothers film produced by Anson Hartford ; directed by Hugh Hartford

Runtime

Summary

A documentary about eight competitors in the World Over-80 Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia. They are all in their 80s and 90s; one Australian woman is a centurion. Most of the players have been athletes all their lives, but one woman took the sport up as an octogenarian after suffering a stroke. The advanced masters scene is like those in other sports, with rivalries, egomania and even dirty tricks. Losing doesn't get any less painful with age

Technique

live action

Contributor