Company: SVT - Sveriges Television Country: SWEDEN Section: SPORT & SOCIETY Discipline: Basketball Year: 2017 Director: Elin Norberg Editing: Ellinor Wahllund Photos: Ellinor Wahllund, Karolin Barhammar Producer: Kajsa Bergqvist & Peter Häggström Lindecrantz CoProducer: SVT & Filmriding Time: 29 min
Synopisis
Why is it hard to be gay – and an athlete? In this tv series, the former high jumper and world record holder Kajsa Bergqvist and her best friend and former long jumper Peter Häggström meet six gay athletes from different parts of the world, in different sports and different generations. In this episode they meet John Amaechi, the first British NBA player to come out as gay.