HBO’s Documentary ‘At the Heart of Gold’ Hits Hard
HBO’s documentary At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal creates a tear-jerking experience as it exposes the sexual abuse Larry Nassar inflicted on female athletes for over twenty years as a physician for the U.S women’s Olympic gymnastics team and Michigan State University.
His victims got a chance to speak about their trauma and its after-effects. The accounts detail his nice-guy mannerisms and how he used his clean, caring image to trick both child and parent into trusting and not questioning his actions or “examinations”, using an illusion of trust to quell anyone’s concerns.
Heads of the Olympic team and Michigan State had complaints and questions about Nassar, but they ignored them and let him continue to go unchecked until they had to face the issue because of insurmountable proof and victims stepping forward. Courtroom footage shows the emotional trial, and a multitude of his victims summon the courage to give their testimonies and accounts in front of Nassar and the court.
Watch on HBO to the hear the athlete’s heartbreaking stories.
My mother delivered me in Wiesbaden, Germany. I have an African-American father and German mother. I lived there until I reached around age 8 and we moved to Saint Louis, MO. I now attend Truman State University in Kirksville, MO aiming to complete an English major with a Film Studies minor since I enjoy thinking of creative concepts and analyzing film.
