Warrior Strong (2023)

Directed by

Shane Belcourt

Genre

drama, comedy

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former high school basketball star is asked to return to his old school as an assistant coach. He works with the head coach to help the team improve.

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What happens

Warrior Strong is a 2023 Canadian drama film, directed by Shane Belcourt. The film stars Jordan Johnson-Hinds as Bilal Irving, a headstrong aspiring professional basketball player who is asked by his former high school principal Jules (Sarah Podemski) to return to the school as assistant to head basketball coach Avery Schmidt (Andrew Dice Clay). The cast also includes Stephen Kalyn, Julian Young, Rosa Blasi, Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat, Raoul Bhaneja, Rohan Mead, Dylan Cook, Macaulee Cassaday, Aidan Kalechstein, Keenan Grom and Randy Jernier. The film entered production in summer 2022, in Northern Ontario. The film premiered at the 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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