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Sports Film of the Week: Off the Rez

This week’s pick is described as “a femme-focused, Native American Hoop Dreams.” Eh, yes please.

Title: Off the Rez

Director: Jonathan Hock

Released: 2011

Plot: Filmmaker Jonathan Hock takes us inside the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon to meet 16-year-old Shoni Schimmel, a young Native American basketball star. Umatilla has produced talented players before but none have ever won a college basketball scholarship. Can Schimmel realise that dream, for her and her family?

What the critics said: “Like a femme-focused, Native American Hoop Dreams” (Ronnie Scheib, Variety)

Random YouTube comment: “I wanna watch this” (Thusislife123)

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