Running Home

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_video link=”https://vimeo.com/356967336″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Tony Ruiz, a son of a Puerto Rican immigrants who became one of the best runners in New York City high school history, loses his sense of purpose after the 1980 Olympic boycott. A long road to redemption culminates when Ruiz launches an effort to help his stricken relatives after Hurricane Maria by doing what he does best.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]”Running Home” was selected by Puerto Rico’s largest film festival, the Rincon International Film Festival, and was picked up for distribution by the streaming service kweliTV. More than 100,000 people have now seen the film.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]Director: Paddy Cotter[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Runtime: 24 Mins[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Year: 2020[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20″][vc_column_text]Saturday, November 14, 2020. 12:00pm[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20″][edgtf_button size=”huge-full-width” type=”” enable_prettyphoto=”” target=”_self” icon_pack=”” font_weight=”” text=”Tickets” link=”https://theatricalathome.com/products/centrefilmfestival”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10″][edgtf_separator type=”full-width”][vc_empty_space height=”10″][vc_column_text]

About The Director

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Paddy Cotter

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A recent graduate of Penn State, Cotter is currently pursuing documentary projects that inspire him. “Running Home” and other recent films he has directed reflect his emphasis on using sports as a lens to reveal what it means to be human.

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About The Producer

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John Affleck

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The director of the Curley Center and Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society at Penn State, Affleck has been a storyteller for most of his life but began making films after a long career focused primarily on print journalism at The Associated Press.

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