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100% Rotten Tomatoes Produced by Mina T. Son Initial release 15 November 2014 Producer Mina T. Son | 7/10 IMDb 81% Metacritic Edited by Sara Newens Directors Mina T. Son, Sara Newens Music director Chris Lord, JJ Lee | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Mina T. SonSara Newens Starring Ariel HsingMichael LandersLily Zhang Distributed by The Film Sales CompanyFirst Run Features Release date November 15, 2014 (2014-11-15) (DOC NYC) Executive producers Franck Raharinosy, Jonathan Bricklin, Paul Herzan Cast Ariel Hsing, Lily Zhang, Erica Wu, Michael Landers, Xin Jiang Similar After the Spill, Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution, Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land, TransFatty Lives, Hadwin's Judgement Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Top Spin is a 2014 feature-length documentary film directed by Mina T. Son and Sara Newens. It follows the road to the 2012 Summer Olympics of three American table tennis teenager players: Ariel Hsing, Michael Landers, and Lily Zhang.
Top Spin has been premiered at the 2014 DOC NYC. The documentary has won the Audience Award and was nominated for Best Documentary at the 2015 CAAMFest. It also won awarded for Best Editing and was nominated for the Best Documentary Feature at the 2015 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Top Spin was also nominated for the Documentary Competition at the 2015 Nashville Film Festival.
It has a 100% rating, with an average score of 7/10 based on 9 reviews, on Rotten Tomatoes. It has a rating of 81 on Metacritic, stating "Universal acclaim based on 5 critics".