The 13th Annual Roxbury International Film Festival Presents “ATLETU” (The Athlete)
Bikila was the first African to win a gold medal and, four years later in Tokyo, the first person in history to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the marathon.
But his life story only began with Olympic medals. One evening while returning to his home in Addis Ababa after training, fate would present this remarkable champion with his greatest challenge; finding the will to live.