A Step Away

Focuses on the performance of various elite athletes during the PanAmerican Games held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1979. Athletes showcased in the documentary include USA team swimmer of Puerto Rican origin Jesse Vassallo; legendary Cuban track and field athlete Alberto Juantorena; Mexican diver Carlos Girón; American diver Greg Louganis; and the Puerto Rico national basketball team, among others. At the end of the film, the athletes expressed their hopes of being "a step away" from the 1980 Olympics Games; however, these hopes were shattered by the political crisis and the eventual USA-led boycott to the Olympic Games held in Moscow in 1980.

Orson Welles

English Narrator

Carlos Montalbán

Spanish Narrator

• Roberto PonceDirector · Executive Producer
• Marcos ZurinagaDirector of Photography
• Alfonso BorrellEditor
• Alan MangerEditor

Release date

January 2, 1980

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

2h

Genres

Documentary