Elevate

The Resource Elevate
Label
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]
Contributor
Director
Producer
Subject
Genre
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
Runtime
83
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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