9-Man (2014)

'9-Man' is an independent feature documentary about an isolated and exceptionally athletic Chinese-American sport that's much more than a pastime. Since the 1930s, young men have played this gritty streetball game competitively in the alleys and parking lots of Chinatown. At a time when anti-Chinese sentiment and laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act forced Chinese restaurant workers and laundrymen to socialize exclusively amongst themselves, nine-man offered both escape and fraternity for men who were separated from their families in China and facing extreme discrimination and distrust. Pivoting between oil-spotted Chinatown parking lots and jellyfish-filled banquet scenes, the film captures the spirit of nine-man as players not only battle for a championship but fight to preserve a sport that holds so much history.

Data de estreia
2014-04-27
Duração
1 h 27 min
Géneros
Documentário
Realizador
Ursula Liang

Curiosidades

9-Man: A Streetball Battle in the Heart of Chinatown, mais coinhecido simplesmente por 9-Man, é um documentário canado-estadunidense de 2014 sobre o Voleibol de 9. O New York Times chamou-o de "um documentário absorvente".

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