The Basketball Game

The Basketball Game

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.

  • Youth Jury Award for Best Animation VIEWFINDERS International Film Festival for Youth
  • Junior Youth Jury Award for Most Inspirational Short Film Reel to Real International Film Festival for Youth and Families

 

Directed by: Hart Snider
Canada  |  2011  |  7 min
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