Emmy-nominated film and TV writer-director Sydney Freeland has signed on to direct “Rez Ball,” a coming-of-age drama about Native American basketball for Netflix. Described as “Fr…
Described as “Friday Night Lights” meets “Hoosiers,” “Rez Ball” follows the Chuska Warriors, a Native American high school basketball team from Chuska, New Mexico, that must band together after losing their star player in order to keep their quest for a state championship alive. It’s an all-American underdog story about Navajo kids and coaches told from the inside-out., the drama is produced by Wise Entertainment and The SpringHill Company.
The film’s story is inspired by Michael Powell’s critically-acclaimed 2019 nonfiction sports novel “Canyon Dreams,” as well as the New York Times articles that preceded it. As such, “Rez Ball” explores the raw and exhilarating world of “reservation basketball” with its unique, lightening-quick pace that is rumored to have influenced top NBA teams and coaches throughout the years.
“Rez Ball” is produced by Maurício and Katie Mota’s Wise Entertainment and LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s The SpringHill Company, with Spencer Beighley and Jamal Henderson of The SpringHill Company serving as executive producers.
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