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Recently released documentary celebrates Cayman’s Olympians

Sports 29 Jan, 2025 Follow News

Content Studio proudly announces the release of “Cayman Beyond the Rings,” a documentary film profiling the Cayman Islands’ four Olympic athletes ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris. The film explores themes around the athletes’ commitment both in and out of the competition venue in order to reach the pinnacle of athletic competition as well as the sense of pride representing their country on sport’s biggest stage. “This was an incredibly rewarding project both professionally and personally and I’m so happy to be able to share the athletes’ stories,” Content Studio owner and the film’s producer Kevin Morales said. “It takes years of dedication and sacrifice to become an Olympic athlete and I wanted the film to highlight and celebrate those efforts.” Jillian Crooks (swimming), Jordan Crooks (swimming), Davonte Howell (athletics) and Charlotte Webster (sailing) competed at the Paris 2024 Games for the Cayman Islands. “Cayman Beyond the Rings” was made possible in part thanks to the support of the Cayman National Cultural Foundation, which awarded Content Studio a Grant for the Arts in 2024 to assist with the film’s production.“The Cayman National Cultural Foundation is happy to have supported Kevin’s vision through our Grants for the Arts Programme,” CNCF Education and Research Officer Nicole Durrant said. “CNCF’s mission is to help support artistic endeavours that engage people in Cayman, particularly those that preserve, explore and celebrate Caymanian culture and heritage. We are beyond proud of our athletes and this film helps showcase their achievements.”

The film was shot over several months both in the Cayman Islands and in Paris, including interviews and footage from the Olympic Village. “I want to thank the CNCF, Cayman Islands Olympic Committee, the athletes’ parents and the athletes themselves for helping make this dream a reality,” Morales said. “Our athletes deserve a ton of credit for what they put into their respective sports. Hopefully this documentary begins to shine a bit of light on their sacrifices and hard work and inspire the next generation of Cayman Olympians.” This marks the second documentary film Morales has produced. In 2015, he won the Poinciana Film Festival Best Feature Documentary Award for “LA2015: A Special Olympics California Adventure,” a documentary profiling members of the Special Olympics Cayman Islands team as they competed at the 2015 Special Olympics, in Los Angeles. Morales won a Caribbean Broadcasting Union award in 2013 for an editorial piece featuring students at Cayman’s Lighthouse School.


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