Exclusive: Netflix has picked up docu-series Basketball or Nothing, which comes from pro golfer Rickie Fowler’s Main Event Productions and independent production company WorkShop Content Studios.
The show will premiere on August 2.
Shot on location in Chinle, Az, the series tracks the boys basketball team at the high school in the town, which is on the Navajo Nation reservation, the largest tribal area in America.
The series depicts the difficulties of life in Navajo Nation, where the median household income is less than $30,000 and many residents lack running water and electricity. Alcoholism and suicide are prevalent on the reservation.
The Chinle High Wildcats are able to escape for short periods by playing basketball in a state-of-the-art gym. As they seek a state championship, the team draws crowds of 6,000 people in a town of only 4,500 residents. The team’s up-tempo style of play is known as “rezball” and the team...
The show will premiere on August 2.
Shot on location in Chinle, Az, the series tracks the boys basketball team at the high school in the town, which is on the Navajo Nation reservation, the largest tribal area in America.
The series depicts the difficulties of life in Navajo Nation, where the median household income is less than $30,000 and many residents lack running water and electricity. Alcoholism and suicide are prevalent on the reservation.
The Chinle High Wildcats are able to escape for short periods by playing basketball in a state-of-the-art gym. As they seek a state championship, the team draws crowds of 6,000 people in a town of only 4,500 residents. The team’s up-tempo style of play is known as “rezball” and the team...
- 7/23/2019
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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