"The Boys in the Boat” is an improbable story of how nine workingclass boys from the American West showed the meaning of true grit at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Now the New York Times bestselling book has been adapted into a film directed by George Clooney. Stephanie Sy sat down with Clooney and author Daniel James Brown for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

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