Rez Ball

 

Rez Ball 2024

• Director: Sydney Freeland
• Cast: Jessica Matten, Kachani Bratt, Amber Midthunder, Julia Jones, Kusem Goodwind
• Why? Navajo nation
• Seen: 11 June 2026                     

           Teen-aged Navajo boys are desperate to win the basketball championship. For their coach Heather (Matten, Bernadette in Dark Winds) is even more desperate because her job is on the line.

          ‘No matter how we try, we always find a way to lose,’ says the mother of one of the boys when the team is hit by tragedy and they try to get back the will to play, to win. They don’t only have strong opponents to face but their own culture and history of defeat in a racist society.

          It’s a good film, even if you don’t like sports films.

 4 * of 5