Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew

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Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew
Directed by Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux
Kirk Thomas
Written by Joel Haywood
Produced by Ryan Sidhoo
CinematographyHunter Wood
Edited bySarah Cruise
Alec MacNeill Richardson
Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux
Music by Edo Van Breemen
Johannes Winkler
Production
company
The Notic Studios
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures [1]
Release dates
  • October 8, 2021 (2021-10-08)(VIFF)
  • March 26, 2024 (2024-03-26)(Canada)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew is a 2021 Canadian documentary film, directed by Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux and Kirk Thomas. [2] The film is a portrait of the Notic Streetball Crew, a streetball team who were active in Vancouver in the early 2000s; Schaulin-Rioux and Thomas got their start in the film industry making short documentary films and performance videos about the team. [3]

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The film premiered on October 8, 2021, at the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival, [4] where it won the award for Best British Columbia film [5] and the Audience Award for most popular film in the True North program. [6]

The film was a nominee for the DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2022 Directors Guild of Canada awards. [7] It received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, for Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Editing in a Documentary (Schaulin-Rioux) and Best Original Music in a Documentary (Edo Van Breemen, Johannes Winkler). [8]

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References

  1. Ritman, Alex (5 March 2024). "Chris Paul and RZA-Produced Notic Streetball Crew Doc 'Handle With Care' Gets New Trailer, Worldwide Distribution Deal". Variety . Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  2. Dana Gee, "Vancouver streetball crew back in game with new, big screen feature documentary". Vancouver Sun , October 6, 2021.
  3. Marsha Lederman, "Notic Streetball Crew returns to the court in documentary premiere at VIFF". The Globe and Mail , September 30, 2021.
  4. Charlie Smith, "VIFF 2021: Streetball phenom Joey Haywood and the rest of the Notic crew immortalized in Handle With Care". The Georgia Straight , September 29, 2021.
  5. Michael Scoular, "What to See at VIFF 2021: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew". Montecristo Magazine, October 6, 2021.
  6. Steve Newton, "Vancouver International Film Fest announces award winners". The Georgia Straight , October 13, 2021.
  7. Etan Vlessing, "DGC Awards: ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘Crimes of the Future,’ ‘Night Raiders’ Lead Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter , September 23, 2022.
  8. Pat Mullen, "2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominations for Documentary". Point of View , February 22, 2023.