At Sundance Film Festival, Steph Curry added another accolade to his already impressive collection.
On Tuesday night, Steph Curry and Canadian filmmaker Ben Proudfoot took home the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for their short film “The Baddest Speechwriter of All.”
The film chronicles the story of Clarence B. Jones, an attorney who was a key speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement. It reflects on Jones’ personal experience of the Civil Rights Movement and his perspective on his involvement in shaping the history we all know today.
“Stephen and I are jumping for joy [him a lot higher than I] with this extraordinary recognition,” Proudfoot said, per Deadline.
In 2022, Curry and Proudfoot collaborated on “The Queen of Basketball,” a film about Luisa Harris, the scorer of the first point in Women’s Olympic Basketball history, and the first woman to ever be drafted by an NBA team. Curry served as an executive producer, while Proudfoot directed.
“On a personal note, to share creative duties with Stephen, one of the greatest living athletes and just [a] truly good man, has given me an opportunity to grow as a filmmaker and be part of telling a story I probably never would have learned until Stephen called me,” Proudfoot said about Curry, who wasn’t in attendance at the festival.
The two met up at the Warriors’ game vs the Utah Jazz on January 28th, and planned to celebrate their win after the game.
