Natalie Metzger and Michael Rohrbaugh codirected and David McFarland produced Alone in the Game, a documentary that examines how a “culture of exclusion, bigotry and discrimination” continues to permeate sports at high school, collegiate and professional levels. The film interviews out figures like Gus Kenworthy, Michael Sam, Robbie Rogers, and Megan Rapinoe for their experiences encountering stigma. Portraits are hopeful, such as the case Trevor Betts, a transgender high school wrestler accepted by his peers; and heartbreaking, like the experience of Riley Tindol, a gay Division I football player who attempted suicide. There is not a single out player in all of major sports; and Alone in the Game, which premiered this year on the AT&T Audience Network, is a necessary production asking why.--Advocate