Sports Leadership Resource Centre: Movies
Summary: From a basketball academy in West Africa to the high-pressure world of American prep schools, “Elevate” documents the extraordinary personal journeys of four, particularly tall, West African teenagers with big hearts, open minds and NBA dreams. Filmed over four years and across two continents, “Elevate” documents the daunting challenges the four young men who made the cut faced, from the alienation that comes with being a seven foot tall Muslim at a Christian prep school (in a culture rife with African stereotypes) to mastering English, adapting to aggressive American-style basketball and navigating the vagaries of high school. “Elevate” is a heart-warming documentary that inspires without preaching and challenges the audience’s conception of Africa, America and athletes.
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