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True North: Inside the Rise of Toronto Basketball (Feature)
20191 h 29 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Ryan Sidhoo
Production: Shirley Vercruysse
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in association with Red Bull Media House.
On the heels of the Toronto Raptors’ historic NBA Championship and the record-setting number of Canadian draft picks, the Toronto hoop dream is more alive than ever.
In this feature-length doc, director Ryan Sidhoo shines the spotlight on 12-year-old Elijah Fisher, 15-year-old Keone Davis and 18-year-old Cordell Veira as they navigate today’s youth basketball machine in pursuit of their own NBA dreams.
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Subject categories
- Sports and Leisure > Ball GamesCompetitionsTeam Sports
- Children and Youth > Sports, Leisure and Play
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Adolescent Development
- Diversity > Black Studies
- Physical Education > Fitness
- Health/Personal Development > Fitness/Physical Activities
Credits
- creator
- Ryan Sidhoo
- director
- Ryan Sidhoo
- producer
- Shirley Vercruysse
- line production
- Jennifer Roworth
- director of photography
- John Price
- editor
- Graham Withers
- composer
- Alex Punzalan
- sound designer
- John Diemer
- Troy Slocum
- additional camera
- Chris Romeike
- Jesse McCracken
- Matthew Nauser
- Andrew Bissonnette
- Mike McLaughlin
- James Pace-Cornsilk
- Chris Wardle
- sound recordist
- Ryan Cox
- Nick Davey
- Neil Curschman
- Benjamin Barton
- Dane Kelly
- Nathaniel Robinson
- Kevin Brown
- Mike Kool
- Bernie Ozol
- Max Hirtenstein
- Justin Lacroix
- Zach Thorpe
- coordinator, interviews
- Mike Hamilton
- production coordinator
- Veronika Paz
- Nathan Conchie
- production assistant
- Patrick Sue-Chan
- Mackie Montgomery
- Paul Kim
- Marcus Armstrong
- Chris Niesing
- still photographer
- Yasin Osman
- researcher
- Caroline Coutts
- assistant editor
- Mike Howey
- re-recording mixer
- Isabelle Lussier
- sound editor
- Luc Léger
- Michelle Hwu
- Chris Robinson
- digital colourist
- Serge Verreault
- graphics
- Jacknife
- VFX
- Bun Lee
- Cynthia Ouellet
- technical coordinator
- Wes Machnikowski
- studio administrator
- Carla Jones
- executive producer
- Shirley Vercruysse
- executive director
- Michelle van Beusekom