DiscoverBig Think"The Blind Side" didn't tell all of Michael Oher's story. Now, he tells us the rest.
"The Blind Side" didn't tell all of Michael Oher's story. Now, he tells us the rest.

"The Blind Side" didn't tell all of Michael Oher's story. Now, he tells us the rest.

Update: 2025-09-18
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The Blind Side” only told part of Michael Oher’s story. Now, he tells us the rest.

You might know Michael Oher as the subject of “The Blind Side,” the 2009 movie starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw. The film was based on the true story of Oher, a young Black football player, who gained a second chance at life after being adopted by white parents.

But Oher’s version of the story is a lot different, and it starts long before the Tuohys entered the picture.

In this interview conducted with our partner Unlikely Collaborators, Oher paints a picture of the crack epidemic in the ‘80s and ‘90s, a broken and tumultuous family, and a young boy determined to climb out of it.


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"The Blind Side" didn't tell all of Michael Oher's story. Now, he tells us the rest.

"The Blind Side" didn't tell all of Michael Oher's story. Now, he tells us the rest.

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