The Resource Elevate, Variance Films ; ESPN Films ; a Sharp 7 film in association with Isotope Films ; a film by Anne Buford ; directed by Anne Buford ; produced by Mark Becker [and others]
Elevate, Variance Films ; ESPN Films ; a Sharp 7 film in association with Isotope Films ; a film by Anne Buford ; directed by Anne Buford ; produced by Mark Becker [and others]
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The item Elevate, Variance Films ; ESPN Films ; a Sharp 7 film in association with Isotope Films ; a film by Anne Buford ; directed by Anne Buford ; produced by Mark Becker [and others] represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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The item Elevate, Variance Films ; ESPN Films ; a Sharp 7 film in association with Isotope Films ; a film by Anne Buford ; directed by Anne Buford ; produced by Mark Becker [and others] represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- Filmed over four years, from the dilapidated cement courts of Senegal to upscale American prep schools, documents the extraordinary personal journeys of four particularly tall West African Muslim teenage boys with NBA dreams. Recruited from the SEEDS Academy for both their physical and academic skills, Assane, Dethie, Byago and Aziz accept basketball scholarships to schools in the United States and face the daunting challenges of alienation, a foreign language, and American-style basketball
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- wol
- eng
- eng
- fre
- wol
- eng
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (approximately 83 min.)
- Note
-
- Originally produced in 2011
- Bonus feature: Teaser and filmmaker biography
- Isbn
- 9781422995273
- Label
- Elevate
- Title
- Elevate
- Statement of responsibility
- Variance Films ; ESPN Films ; a Sharp 7 film in association with Isotope Films ; a film by Anne Buford ; directed by Anne Buford ; produced by Mark Becker [and others]
- Subject
-
- Basketball players -- Senegal
- Feature films
- Culture conflict -- United States
- Documentary films
- Feature films -- United States
- Feature films -- United States
- High school athletes -- Senegal
- Nonfiction films
- SEEDS Academy
- Scholarships -- United States
- Senegalese -- Cultural assimilation
- Senegalese students -- United States
- Sports films
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- wol
- eng
- eng
- fre
- wol
- eng
- Summary
- Filmed over four years, from the dilapidated cement courts of Senegal to upscale American prep schools, documents the extraordinary personal journeys of four particularly tall West African Muslim teenage boys with NBA dreams. Recruited from the SEEDS Academy for both their physical and academic skills, Assane, Dethie, Byago and Aziz accept basketball scholarships to schools in the United States and face the daunting challenges of alienation, a foreign language, and American-style basketball
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Camera, Daniel Vecchione [and others] ; editors, Mark Becker, Chris White ; music, Shawn Lee
- Dewey number
- 796.323/62
- Intended audience
- MPAA rating: PG; brief mild language ; some material may not be suitable for children
- Language note
- In English, and French and Wolof subtitled in English
- PerformerNote
- Featuring: Assane Sene, Byago Diouf, Dethie Fall, Aziz, N'Diaye, Amadou Gallo Fall
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Buford, Anne
- Becker, Mark
- Lee, Shawn
- ESPN Films (Firm)
- Variance Films
- Sharp 7 (Firm)
- Isotope Films (Firm)
- Docurama (Firm)
- New Video Group
- Runtime
- 83
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Basketball players
- Senegalese students
- Senegalese
- Culture conflict
- High school athletes
- SEEDS Academy
- Scholarships
- Target audience
- general
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Elevate, Variance Films ; ESPN Films ; a Sharp 7 film in association with Isotope Films ; a film by Anne Buford ; directed by Anne Buford ; produced by Mark Becker [and others]
- Note
-
- Originally produced in 2011
- Bonus feature: Teaser and filmmaker biography
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn767650819
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (approximately 83 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781422995273
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 767685262696
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- NNVG262690
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System details
- DVD, NTSC; Dolby Digital stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Elevate, Variance Films ; ESPN Films ; a Sharp 7 film in association with Isotope Films ; a film by Anne Buford ; directed by Anne Buford ; produced by Mark Becker [and others]
- Note
-
- Originally produced in 2011
- Bonus feature: Teaser and filmmaker biography
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn767650819
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (approximately 83 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781422995273
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 767685262696
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Publisher number
- NNVG262690
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System details
- DVD, NTSC; Dolby Digital stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
Subject
- Basketball players -- Senegal
- Feature films
- Culture conflict -- United States
- Documentary films
- Feature films -- United States
- Feature films -- United States
- High school athletes -- Senegal
- Nonfiction films
- SEEDS Academy
- Scholarships -- United States
- Senegalese -- Cultural assimilation
- Senegalese students -- United States
- Sports films
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