为什么“公民Ashe”导演想照亮亚瑟·阿什（Arthur Ashe）的障碍遗产
Why ‘Citizen Ashe’ Directors Wanted to Shine a Light on Arthur Ashe’s Barrier-Breaking Legacy
关于网球明星亚瑟·阿什（Arthur Ashe）的新纪录片《公民阿什》（Citizen Ashe）对其受试者的政治演变感兴趣，就像他在法庭上的英雄主义者一样。 70年代，赢得了美国公开赛和澳大利亚公开赛，成为第一个，到目前为止，只有黑人在温网赢得单打冠军。但是他还帮助改变了这项运动和职业运动员作为政治倡导者的想法。“他在网球场上所做的一切都是优雅的，这是在球场上的，”萨姆·波拉德（Sam Pollard）说。在隔离的南方长大的阿什（Ashe）最初宁愿在公民权利问题上保持低调。但是他在球场上的存在在某种程度上是一个激进的声明，因为网球由白人球员主导，并在很大程度上封闭了黑人球员。但是，Ashe的才华使他能够以重要的方式打破打开网球的白色世界。例如，在1963年，他成为有史以来第一位参加美国戴维斯杯球队的黑人球员，并于1968年成为第一个赢得美国公开赛的黑人。1960年代。他无法进入这个世界，立即设定了整合的议程。”这部电影的联合导演雷克斯·米勒（Rex Miller）说。米勒补充说：“他必须逐渐做到这一点，他不得不挑选战斗。”“他是一个能够应对偏见的压力以及他不得不走破坏障碍的道路的人。”“他不会像[John] McEnroe那样疯狂。他不得不撰写自己。杰基·罗宾逊（Jackie Robinson）经历了同样的事情。在这种情况下，Ashe觉得他需要大声疾呼。他来利用自己的平台来谴责种族主义，当他打败时，最令人难忘埃德（Ed）反对种族隔离，并于1973年前往南非，并利用他参加南非公开赛以推动融合。“作为一名激进主义者，他不想像穆罕默德·阿里（Muhammad Ali）或吉姆·布朗（Jim Brown）那样这样做，” Pollard说。 “他想以更加专注的方式做到这一点。他要提出自己的观点，这将是一个强烈的声音，但他不会成为旗帜。 36.他因接受心脏手术时发生的输血而感染了艾滋病毒，1993年与艾滋病相关的肺炎死亡，享年49岁。“公民阿什（Ashe）”在特柳赖德（Telluride）电影节上首次进行了强有力的评论。 CNN电影发行将在节日巡回演出之前播放HBO Max。导演希望这部电影会照亮一位网球大伟大的遗产，该网球伟大的遗产被某些人所说的。 “他更多汉只是浮游车场的名字。”“每个人都需要找到自己的声音，每个人都需要使用自己的声音，”米勒说。“您不能仅仅坐在场边，让世界过去。白人和黑人都经常告诉亚瑟应该说些什么。要么是“您应该更激进”或“您太激进分子”。他内心拥有强大的核心，使他能够形成自己的意见并以自己的方式大声疾呼。他不是摇滚者。他把各方面的人带到了桌子上。我认为这个国家比以往任何时候都需要。”
"Citizen Ashe," a new documentary about tennis star Arthur Ashe, is as interested in its subject's political evolution as it is in his heroics on the court.
Ashe was one of the top tennis players in the world for much of the 1960s and '70s, winning the U.S. Open and the Australian Open and becoming the first and, so far only Black man to win a singles title at Wimbledon. But he also helped transform the sport and the idea of professional athlete as political advocate in important ways.
"Everything he did on the tennis court was classy, and that carried over off the court," says Sam Pollard, who co-directed the film.
Ashe, who had been raised in the segregated South, initially preferred to keep a low profile when it came to civil rights issues. But his presence on the court was in some ways a radical statement, because tennis was dominated by white players and largely closed to Black players. However, Ashe's talent allowed him to break open the white world of tennis in important ways. In 1963, for instance, he became the first Black player ever selected for the United States Davis Cup team and, in 1968, became the first Black man to win the U.S. Open.
"He was the only person of color on the tennis circuit in the 1960s. He couldn't come into that world and immediately set an agenda of integration," says Rex Miller, the film's co-director. "He had to do it gradually, and he had to pick his battles."
"He was someone who could handle the pressure of prejudice and the road he had to take in breaking down the barriers," adds Miller. "He wasn't going to act like [John] McEnroe and go crazy. He had to compose himself. It was the same thing that Jackie Robinson went through."
But his rise in the rankings came as America was rocked by turmoil and the assassinations of key figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. In that context, Ashe felt he needed to speak out. He came to use his platform to denounce racism, most memorably when he battled against apartheid by traveling to South Africa in 1973 and using his participation in the South African Open to push for integration.
"As an activist, he didn't want to do it like Muhammad Ali or Jim Brown," says Pollard. "He wanted to do it in a more focused way. He was going to make his point and it was going to be a strong voice, but he wasn't going to be a flag waver."
Despite being a top athlete, Ashe struggled with health problems, suffering a heart attack at the age of 36. He contracted HIV as a result of a blood transfusion that occurred when he had heart surgery, dying of AIDS-related pneumonia in 1993 at the age of 49.
"Citizen Ashe" premiered to strong reviews at the Telluride Film Festival. The CNN Films release will play the festival circuit before showing on HBO Max. The directors hope the movie will shine a light on a tennis great whose legacy is under-appreciated by some.
"He's an extraordinary man who not enough people know about," says Pollard. "He's so much more than just the name of a stadium in Flushing."
"Everyone needs to find their own voice, and everyone needs to use their own voice," says Miller. "You can't just sit on the sidelines and let the world go by. Arthur was constantly told what he should say by both white and Black folks. Either it was 'you should be more militant' or 'you're too militant.' He had powerful core inside himself that allowed him to form his own opinions and speak out in his own way. He was not a rock thrower. He brought people from all sides to the table. I think this country needs that more than ever."
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