15 Years of 30 for 30 | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Hosted by acclaimed comedian and Emmy® Award nominee Roy Wood Jr., the celebratory program will revisit some of the mos | dG1faHN0Y21hOFViSDg

Transcript

00:00In 2009, ESPN turned 30 years old.

00:08Hi there. Has it been 30 years, Bob?

00:11Yeah, I've been blocking it here, actually.

00:13So, naturally, they threw a party.

00:16To celebrate, ESPN executives Bill Sibbons, Connor Schell, and John Dahl spearheaded a new concept.

00:21Collaborate with 30 different filmmakers to tell 30 sports stories.

00:25On October 6th, 2009, the first 30 for 30 debuted.

00:32What if I told you a country would fail to protect its greatest natural resource?

00:36From ESPN Films, King's Ransom, directed by Peter Berg, tonight at 8 p.m. on ESPN.

00:42The films established ESPN as a key player in the doc world.

00:46After the 30 films were complete, ESPN Films announced a new slate of documentaries.

00:52The first one up, The Fab Five, directed by Jason Hare.

00:56And it was a sensation. It was huge.

00:58What we saw that night, everybody was calling it a 30 for 30.

01:02So, we did about 12, 13 films during this era where people, even though it was technically ESPN Films Presents,

01:08people were just calling it 30 for 30.

01:10In 2012, ESPN Films made it official, announcing a second round of 30 for 30s.

01:16From I Hate Christian Leitner to Requiem for the Big East, the films and the buzz just kept coming.

01:22When John Dahl and you and I talked about this at the beginning, we always wondered if there was 30 stories to tell.

01:32Now, what do you have, 500 ideas?

01:35Yeah, the list is growing.

01:36It seems like we could probably do 100 for 100 pretty easily.

01:39What started as 30 is now an acclaimed series that's won Emmys, Peabody Awards, and an Oscar.

01:47But more importantly, it's a brand beloved by fans everywhere.

01:51A one-time celebration of ESPN's history has become an enduring part of the company's legacy.

02:09The D chickpea award.