NBA to host fan event in Vancouver, rekindling city's pro basketball dreams
The NBA House immersive fan event is coming to Canada for the first time ever, and has some dreaming about bringing professional basketball back to the city.
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The NBA House immersive fan event is coming to Canada for the first time ever, and has some dreaming about bringing professional basketball back to the city.
Award-winning filmmaker and super fan Kat Jayme sets out to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of her beloved hometown NBA team in hopes of bringing them back. In her obsessive quest to find out what really happened to the team and its cult fandom, she unravels the mystery that's haunted the NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies fans for 20 years.
Filmmakers Asia Youngman and Kat Jayme talk about I'm Just Here for the Riot, their documentary about the night the Vancouver Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final and the subsequent riot. The doc, which will be screened at the 42nd Vancouver International Film Festival, features interviews with Canucks players, fans and people who took part in the riots.
A group calling itself "Vanback" is looking for 15 billionaires that can pledge $200 million each towards a future NBA team in Vancouver.
Filmmakers Kay Jayme and Asia Youngman wanted to understand what they witnessed that day. Their documentary I'm Just Here for the Riot premieres at Hot Docs 2023.