WORLD PREMIERE Ten years after retirement from a career as a professional athlete, Kenny Anderson finds that basketball is easy, it’s life that’s hard. Still reeling from his mother’s death, the former New York City high-school prodigy and NBA All-Star loses a cherished coaching position, sending him into a midlife crisis. Facing his personal demons […]
WORLD PREMIERE In 1989, the United Arab Emirates was merely 18 years old and the country craved recognition. The moment came as a group of young UAE footballers defied the odds on an international stage and secured a place to compete in the World Cup in Italy. “I see the lights of Rome now,” exclaimed […]
US PREMIERE It’s not easy being the coach of the Ice Queens, Finland’s worst cheerleading team. Determined to start her girls on the path to success, Miia travels from the Arctic Circle to Texas to observe the sport’s world champions and replicate their methods back home. But this is no real-life Bring It On: Miia […]
NYC PREMIERE With a name and biography so outrageous they sound fictional, Bunker Spreckels is the perfect candidate for a documentary portrait. Born the heir to a sugar fortune, Spreckels became Hollywood royalty as a young boy when his mother married Clark Gable. In the 1960s, he defied family expectations by embracing the emerging surf […]
NYC PREMIERE On the Map recounts how Tel Aviv’s underdog Maccabi basketball team toppled the Soviet Red Army team in 1977. The “miracle on hardwood” put Israel on the map in international sports. Filmmaker Dani Menkin (39 Pounds of Love) gains vivid interviews with the team’s players and NBA luminaries Bill Walton and David Stern. […]
NYC PREMIERE Naomi seems like a typical Orthodox Jewish preteen, but she happens to be the strongest girl in the world. Since breaking a powerlifting world record at the age of nine, her fame has spread from her northern New Jersey community around the globe. Supergirl follows Naomi over several years as she remains determined […]
NYC PREMIERE Demonstrating the power of inclusion to transcend disability, Lara Stolman’s triumphant film profiles members of the Jersey Hammerheads, a competitive swim team made up of a diverse group of teens on the autism spectrum, based in the state with the highest rate of autism in the country. Through training and competition, star athletes […]
WORLD PREMIERE Lloyd Swee’ Pea Daniels was a legend on the highly competitive playground basketball courts of NYC, and one of the top college basketball recruits of the late 1980s. Before he was able to play a single game at UNLV, a drug bust ended his college career. But this was far from the end […]
US PREMIERE Demolishing stereotypes while avoiding wrecking their cars, the Speed Sisters are the Middle East’s first all-female race-car team. Demonstrating high-octane talent, and the marketing savvy to draw attention to their camera-friendly lineup, this diverse, engaging group competes in Palestine’s makeshift motor sports circuit across the West Bank, overcoming Israeli checkpoints and restrictive societal […]
US PREMIERE In Mexico, the war between good and evil has been waged each week for decades, thrilling generations of fans with the spectacle of Lucha Libre. Real-life superheroes and villains, these masked wrestlers work tirelessly to entertain their legions of fans. Gaining unprecedented access to the largest Lucha federations, Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz […]