The Basketball Game
In 1983, nine-year-old Hart attends Jewish summer camp for the first time, while in a nearby Alberta town a social studies teacher makes headlines after it's discovered he's been teaching anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial. In the aftermath, the teacher's former students are invited to Hart's camp for a picnic and a basketball game. Hart and his campmates are both curious and afraid of what awaits them on the basketball court. Told from Hart's perspective, The Basketball Game fuses animation, documentary and personal memoir in a poignant and humorous tale of hope and tolerance in the face of fear and stereotypes.
Citation
Main credits
Snider, Hart (film director)
Snider, Hart (screenwriter)
Snider, Hart (editor of moving image work)
Ma, Yves J. (film producer)
Other credits
Animation, design and storyboard by Sean Covernton; original score and sound design by Adam Damelin.
Distributor subjects
Diversity/Pluralism - Diversity in Communities
Diversity/Pluralism - Identity
Health/Personal Development - Healthy Relationships
Maximum Age Level - 17
Media Education - Film Animation
Minimum Age Level - 12
Social Issues - Discrimination and Stereotyping
Sports and Leisure - Ball Games
Animation
Keywords
Distributor: National Film Board of Canada
Length: 5 minutes
Date: 2011
Genre: Animation
Language: English
Color/BW:
Closed Captioning: Available
Included in Collections: The National Film Board Animation Collection, The Docuseek K-12 Collection, The Docuseek2 Complete Collection 2nd Edition
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