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Derek Boogaard was one of the NHL/s most feared fighters before overdosing in 2011 at the age of 28. Boogaard’s death has brought change to how the NHL sees the enforcer, but still questions how professional athletes can pay the price to remain at the elite level. (2014, 36 mins)
The Pittsburgh Penguins selected Crosby first overall in the 2005 NHL draft. Two years later the club made the 20-year-old the youngest team captain in NHL history. In 2009 he led the Penguins to the Stanley Cup title. (2012, 44 mins)
True North: Inside the rise of Toronto Basketball
In this feature-length doc, director Ryan Sidhoo shines the spotlight on 12-year-old Elijah Fisher, 15-year-old Keone Davis and 18-year-old Cordell Veira as they navigate today’s youth basketball machine in pursuit of their own NBA dreams. (2019, 89 mins)
With unprecedented access to the women's synchronized swimming team and their trainer, this film follows this determined, strong and hard working group of women in their quest to make it to the Rio Olympics in 2016. (2016, 44 mins)
Colin Kaepernick & the Summer of 2016
This is a doc that touches on former NFL quarterback who, in 2016, chose to kneel during the playing of the US National Anthem, which then created a movement within the US and US sport leagues. (2018, 23 mins)
Ken Burns' nine-part PBS series on the history of America's national pastime. Baseball spans the quest for racial justice, labour unrest, the immigrant experience, and the transformation of popular culture (1994, 20 hours)
Series of short docs of athletes who talk about the highs and lows that come with being a high-performance athlete. Each profile takes you deep inside the lives, and minds, of the people you see on your TV, doing awe-inspiring acts of athletic performance. (12 episodes, 6 mins)
Welcome to a world of horse racing few will know. The film follows the return of the Blackfoot bareback horse racing tradition in a new form: the Indian Relay. Siksika horseman Allison Red Crow struggles to build a team with second-hand horses and a new jockey. (2018, 13 mins)
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