Film Screening - All Balls Don't Bounce Presents: THE MIGHTY JEROME @ National Film Board Cinema, Toronto, ON - Sat Feb 18th!

From acclaimed filmmaker Charles Officer (Nurse.Fighter.Boy) comes Mighty Jerome, the story of the rise, fall and redemption of Harry Jerome, Canada’s most record-setting track and field star. Gorgeous monochrome imagery, impassioned interviews and astonishing archival footage are used to tell the compelling story of what Harry Jerome’s university coach, the legendary Bill Bowerman, called “the greatest comeback in track and field history."

Showtime: Saturday February 18th @ 7:00 PM

Location: National Film Board Cinema, 150 John Street, Toronto, ON

FREE but seating is limited

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Film Screening - All Balls Don't Bounce Presents WHITE WASH @ National Film Board Cinema, Toronto, ON - Sat Feb 18th!

White Wash, the documentary, is a film exploring the complexity of race in America through the struggle and triumph of black surfers. The story is narrated by Grammy Award winner Ben Harper with Black Thought of the Roots and told through the eyes of black surfers from Hawaii, Jamaica, Florida, and California. It looks deep into America's painful and pervasive legacy of slavery and exclusion. From surfing's "discovery" by Captain James Cook in Hawaii in 1778 through the explosion of surf culture during the days of segregated Jim Crow America in1960's, this film explores the myths that black surfers have overcome in their search for waves


Location: National Film Board Cinema, 150 John Street, Toronto, ON

Time: 3:00PM

FREE

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Film Screening - All Balls Don't Bounce Presents FIRE IN BABYLON @ The National Film Board Cinema, Toronto, ON - Sat Feb 18th!

All Balls Don't Bounce Sports Weekend. A showcase of Black sport in film. In the third of four films ABDB will be screening Fire In Babylon.

This is a FREE screening but seating is limited and is first come, first served.

FILM SYNOPSIS: Fire In Babylon is the breathtaking story of how the West Indies triumphed over its colonial masters through the achievements of one of the most gifted teams in sporting history. In a turbulent era of apartheid in South Africa; race riots in England and civil unrest in the Caribbean, the West Indian cricketers, led by the enigmatic Viv Richards, struck a defiant blow at the forces of white prejudice worldwide. Their undisputed skill, combined with a fearless spirit, allowed them to dominate the genteel game at the highest level, replaying it on their own terms.

Location: National Film Board Cinema, 150 John St., Toronto, ON

Time: 5:00pm - 1a

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See trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l7qIFu3YDk&feature=player_embedded

Film Screening - JOE FRAZIER: WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS @ The National Film Board, Toronto, ON - Fri Feb 17th!

All Balls Don't Bounce and Fusicology present the Canadian premiere of

Joe Frazier: When The Smoke Clears

All Balls Don't Bounce Presents Sports Weekend. A showcase of Black sport in film, four films in two days. To kick it off, ABDB will be co-presenting with Fusicology the Canadian premiere of Joe Frazier: When the Smoke clears.

This is a FREE screening but seating is limited and is first come, first served.

FILM SYNOPSIS: They say that Philadelphia is the capital of boxing and Joe Frazier's Gym is the White House. This is the story of a father, a son and a forgotten legacy. Joe Frazier has been lost in someone else's legend. His epic rivalry with Muhammad Ali is the most famous of any sport but Joe has remained in the shadows. This tale of redemption shows Joe Frazier as a human being for the first time: an athlete who battled prejudice and struggled for everything he achieved; a father whose own experiences inspired him to reach out to help others. Joe Frazier's gym has been a Philadelphia sanctuary for forty years. Now it is threatened with closure.

Location: National Film Board Canada, 150 John Street, Toronto, ON

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