Saints and Warriors

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Saints and Warriors
Directed byPatrick Shannon
Written byPatrick Shannon
Desi Collinson
Gaagwiis Jason Alsop
Produced byMichael Grand
CinematographyMichael Bourquin
Sean Stiller
Edited byGreg Ng
Hart Snider
Music byMark Dolmont
Production
company
InnoNative
Distributed byGame Theory Films [1]
Release date
  • February 22, 2025 (2025-02-22)(Big Sky)
Running time
99 minutes [1]
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Saints and Warriors is a 2025 Canadian documentary film, directed by Patrick Shannon. [2] The film profiles the Skidegate Saints, an amateur basketball team from Skidegate, British Columbia, as they prepare to compete in the annual All Native Basketball Tournament. [3]

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The film premiered at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in February 2025, [4] and had its Canadian premiere in April at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. [3] It was subsequently screened in May as the closing film of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, [5] where it was the winner of the Colin Low Award. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "SAINTS AND WARRIORS". British Columbia Film Classification Office
    Consumer Protection BC    . September 15, 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  2. ↑ Nathan Caddell, "DOXA 2025: Basketball is much more than a game in Saints and Warriors". The Georgia Straight , May 1, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Felix Hughes, "Hot Docs review: “Saints and Warriors” a fond celebration of Haida community’s love of basketball". NEXT, April 2025.
  4. ↑ Jamie Casemore, "In Brief: Haida basketball doc to premiere at Big Sky Doc festival". Playback , February 5, 2025.
  5. ↑ Emily Lyth, "DOXA Documentary Film Festival announces opening and closing night films for 2025 edition". Stir, March 27, 2025.
  6. ↑ Pat Mullen, "Saints and Warriors Leads DOXA Documentary Festival Winners". Point of View , May 12, 2025.
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