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Photo: ‘Sisters On Track’/Netflix Unbreakable Spirits The newly released Netflix documentary, ‘Sisters On Track’, is a wildly authentic coming-of-age story, featuring three sisters who have risen above the rubble of the streets of Brooklyn, New York. The sisters; Tai, Rainn, and Brooke Sheppard have faced the absence of a father, the loss of a brother, and the stress of homelessness. Still, the sisters remain resilient, happy, and full of hope. The documentary follows the Sheppard girls for about four years but the filmmakers have condensed the footage down to about a three-year timeline. Related article: A Tribute to Cannes Film Festival: A Celebration of Cinema, Glamour, and Humanity | Statement From Hollywood Insider’s CEO Pritan Ambroase Related article: John Stamos’s ‘Big Shot’: A New Perspective on Winning & Inspiring Female Athletes to Be the Best Versions of Themselves Viewers are watching how the girls channel their innocence and...

One must always be hesitant about stories dealing with the charity of multi-millionaires that never question the systemic issues behind such “selfless acts”—they can often make it seem those acts are a part of a working system. They are not. Is it great that Tai, Rainn, and Brooke Sheppard’s lives were forever changed after Tyler Perry gifted their mother Tonia Handy a Brooklyn apartment with two years’ worth of rent covered? Yes. Is it great that their Junior Olympic track and field victories landed them on the cover of Sports Illustrated and their background being homeless got them on The View so Perry could take note? Yes. But does it solve any underlying problems? No. The Sheppard sisters were lucky. Way too many aren’t.

The beginning of Tone Grøttjord-Glenne and Corinne van der Borch’s documentary Sisters on Track can thus be a bit rough—it’s...

Unhoused Brooklyn runners Tai, Rainn, and Brooke Sheppard being invited on “The View” to celebrate Sports Illustrated Kids’ recent decision to name them 2016’s SportsKids of the Year, and — in an on-air shock to the siblings and their single mother Tonia Handy alike — receiving the keys to a fully furnished Bed-Stuy apartment courtesy of Tyler Perry, who’s paid for them to live there for the next two years.

The dash of context that follows makes it clear that the Sheppards have already survived a marathon to get to this moment, and that directors Tone Grøttjord-Glenne and Corinne van der Borch could have made an exultant (if harrowing) film about the unique hurdles these girls cleared on their way to becoming unlikely track stars.

But this movie isn’t about that part of their lives, perhaps because Grøttjord-Glenne and van der Borch weren’t there to film it. Instead, they...

"Running is what saves them. It keeps them off the streets, it keeps them [focused] with a goal." Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for an inspiring sports documentary titled Sisters on Track, telling the story of the Sheppard Sisters: Tai, Rainn, and Brooke. The exuberant doc film will be available streaming on Netflix starting at the end of this month. A coming of age story about hope, belonging, and the metaphorical and literal sisterhood of young athletes Tai, Rainn, and Brooke Sheppard from Brooklyn, New York. They made their way into the national spotlight in 2016 with their first-time wins at the Junior Olympics, along with media attention. They're focusing on continuing as athletes as they look forward to college and beyond. An original song for Sisters on Track titled "The Dream" is also teased within the trailer. It is performed & written by Mark Batson and Tarriona 'Tank' Ball from the...

Before they appeared on the cover of “Sports Illustrated,” before the TV appearances and red-carpet galas and the surprise home makeover from Tyler Perry, the Sheppard sisters were living in a homeless shelter in Brooklyn with their single mother.

How they overcame adversity and raced their way into the limelight is the subject of “Sisters On Track,” an in-depth portrait of track-and-field stars Tai, Rainn and Brooke Sheppard as they battle through hardship while pursuing Olympic glory. Produced by Anita R. Larsen for Sant & Usant, and directed by Corinne van der Borch and Tone Grøttjord-Glenne, the project will be taking part in the Idfa Forum this week.

Van der Borch first encountered the Sheppards through a mutual friend, who’d met the sisters at a neighborhood block party. It didn’t take long for the Dutch filmmaker, who’s been living in Brooklyn for 12 years, to get drawn in by their story.