Untold: Caitlyn Jenner

 is a sports documentary film directed by Crystal Moselle. Chapman Way and Maclain Way serve as co-creators and executive producers on this sports documentary. This film documents Caitlyn Jenner’s athletic career, her ambition to compete with the 1976 Olympic decathlon and how her past career informed her decision to transition. It will be released on August 24, 2021.

This documentary film is part of the "Untold" Collection. It is preceded by Untold: Malice at the Palace and Untold: Deal With the Devil and followed by Untold: Crime & Penalties, and Untold: Breaking Point.

Summary
"Caitlyn Jenner's unlikely path to Olympic glory was inspirational. But her more challenging road to embracing her true self proved even more meaningful."

- Official Netflix synopsis

They say it’s a competition to crown the world’s greatest athlete. A brutal two-day contest of events that tests the running, jumping and throwing ability of its competitors. After a failed attempt in 1972, Caitlyn Jenner made it her mission to win decathlon gold in Montreal in 1976. Training every day for four straight years, she turned herself into the odds-on favorite. But for Jenner, the 1976 Olympic decathlon was more than an athletic test. It was a welcome distraction from the far more challenging inner turmoil of coming into her own identity. After setting a new world record and winning gold in Montreal, Jenner’s image became the standard for athletic excellence and propelled her into immediate American superstardom. The athletic feat she craved and celebrity image she crafted, however, also became the main deterrents from embracing her identity as she knew it. Told with an extraordinary collection of never-before-seen archival footage, including reels of newly discovered Olympic footage and home videos from the Jenner family, Jenner traces her life with new insight from winning gold to making the decision to transition to her relationship with her children—Jenner is clear-eyed about who she was and who she is.

Cast

 * Caitlyn Jenner