THEICEKINGisthesearingdocumentaryofalostculturalicon,astoryofart,sport,sexuality,andrebellion IncludingincredibleunseenfootageofsomeofhismortremarkableperformancesandwithaccesstoCurry’sletters,archiveinterviews,andinterviewswithhisfamily,friendsandcollaborators,thisisaportraitofthemanwhoturnedice-skatingfromadatedsportintoanexaltedartform Watchanyfigureskatinganditfallsintotwopossiblecamps:beforeandafterJohnCurry Fromwhatwasamacho,technicalsportwhosejudgespunisheddeviationblossomed-throughJohnCurry’sstubbornbeauty-ice-dancing ThiswasnoHolidayonIce,butanewartisticmedium AfterwinninggoldattheWinterOlympicsforarebelliouslyballeticroutine,Currysawtheworld’sstagessheetedwithice Audiencesandreviewersalikewereenthralledbyhisgenius ButCurry’sstoryisaboutmorethanskating Onthenightofthefinal,CurrybecamethefirstopenlygayOlympianatatimewhenhomosexualitywasbarelylegal Frombullyingandprejudice,toreliefinthegayunderworld,tohisuntimelydeathfromAIDS,Curry’sstorydovetailswiththeexperiencesofageneration Torturedbydemons,Currywasforeverontherun Neverowningahome,helivedonthefavoursofthosewholovedhim Theonlyplacehefoundtruefreedomwastheice Thisisthestoryofamanwhosebodywasabattleground Fromloveaffairs,toviolenceinsexclubs,toits’unmanly’eleganceontheice,everyactwasrebellion JohnCurrywasnoactivist,butanartistexpressinghisauthenticself-yetinaworldwherehisexistencewastaboo,hislifewasunavoidablypolitical