Director: Keith Cossrow Editor: Charlie Askew, Dave Neupauer
Producer: Alan Brown, Charles Besser
Country: USA
Runtime:96'
European Premiere
Synopsis
The German automotive company Audi has been a major presence on the European auto racing circuit for decades, and at the dawn of the 21st Century, the Audi team became the dominant force in Europe's most prestigious and demanding racing event, the 24 hours of Le Mans. After winning at Le Mans for seven years in a row, the Audi team was looking forward to an eighth victory in 2008 when the French Peugeot team, long Audi's fiercest rivals, began winning a number of leading preliminary races with a new diesel-powered machine. With their pride and reputation at stake, the Audi group and the three driving teams they had entered in Le Mans -- one led by Tom Kristensen, who had taken the checkered flag at Le Mans eight times before -- prepared to combine driving talent, engineering, strategic skill and simple endurance in a bid to hold on to their title as the most winning Le Mans team in history. Filmmakers Keith Cossrow and Bennett Viseltear were given full access to the Audi team as they prepared for the famous road race, and Truth In 24 is a documentary following their 2008 Le Mans campaign from the design of that year's car to the final crossing of the finish line. Truth In 24 received its world premiere at the 2008 AFI Film Festival.
Keith Cossrow
Biography
Director Keith Cossrow has been nominated for 12 Sports Emmy Awards and won 3 since joining NFL Films in 1997. His most recent work includes the Emmy-winning feature Finding Your Butkus and the Emmy-winning documentary series America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. Truth in 24 is his first feature-length documentary. He graduated from Duke University and lives in Philadelphia with his wife Joanne.
Co-Director Bennett Viseltear has been nominated for 6 Sports Emmy Awards and won one since joining NFL Films. His most recent work includes the Emmy winning documentary series America’s Game: The Super Bowl Champions. He won a Communicator Award for America’s Game: the 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He has also produced several small shorts including Ramblin’ Rick and Tree-Man. Truth in 24 is his first feature-length documentary. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and lives with wife Kelly in Philadelphia.
