Stephen Curry’s short film wins Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival

Already a winner on the basketball court, Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry is now co-director and producer of an award-winning short film.

The worst speechwriter of them all won the coveted Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Deadline reports. The prize is the highest awarded to winning films and filmmakers at the popular film festival.

Oscar winner Ben Proudfoot, who co-directed the film, accepted the award. Curry, who is in the middle of a new NBA season, was unable to attend.

“Stephen and I are jumping for joy (he a cut above me) with this extraordinary recognition, especially as the last sun slowly sets at Sundance in Park City,” Proudfoot said. “Clarence B. Jones’ extraordinary story feels tailor-made for this moment. He calls on all of us to follow in his footsteps in times of injustice: leave our comfort zones, live with purpose, and act nonviolently.”

The worst speechwriter of them all is about Clarence B. Jones, a lawyer, advisor and key speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The project focuses on the trials and tribulations of Jones as he experienced history firsthand while fighting in the Civil Rights Movement.

“On a personal level, sharing creative duties with Stephen, one of the greatest living athletes and just a genuinely good man, has given me the opportunity to grow as a filmmaker and be part of telling a story that I probably never would have learned until Stephen called me. To him and Clarence I am forever grateful,” Proudfoot added.

This is Curry and Proudfoot’s second project together. Curry served as executive producer with Shaquille O’Neal on the 2021 short film, The queen of basketballwhich earned Proudfoot his first Academy Award. The documentary is about Lusia Lucy Harris, widely considered the greatest women’s basketball player of all time.

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