“Citizen Ashe”, CNN Films/HBO Max.
Directed by Rex Miller/Sam Pollard
““Citizen Ashe,” an engaging, moving portrait co-directed by Rex Miller and Sam Pollard.”
““Citizen Ashe,” dominated by rich archival footage and often driven by Ashe’s own words from myriad interviews over the course of his very public life, is less a tennis documentary than about the evolution of a tennis star, a Black American who figured out how to engage with the world beyond established rules and white lines both literal and figurative.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES – December 2, 2021
“Citizen Ashe’ Review: Advantage, Arthur Ashe”
THE MOVEABLE FEST – December 2, 2021
“Rex Miller on Celebrating the Transcendence of Arthur Ashe in “Citizen Ashe””
““A wealth of archival footage and a powerful thematic thread of political evolution give power to this sports documentary.””
““Citizen Ashe” is a fascinating portrait that weaves his on-court and off-court life together seamlessly, with a running voiceover of Ashe himself from an old almost ghostly taped recording, which helps create a character study as much as a sociological inquiry.”“Race looms large throughout Rex Miller and Sam Pollard’s fascinating, candid portrait of the trailblazing tennis pro.””
