We just wanted to make sure you knew about a movie airing
Sunday. The movie is called The Phantoms, and it's based on the inspiring
season of the Bathurst basketball team in the year following the tragic
accident their team was involved in. A synopsis of the movie, along with
all the links are below. The trailer can be viewed from the website or the
YouTube channel (links below).
THE PHANTOMS, airing on CBC Sunday, Nov 18
at 8 pm (8:30 NT) will be of interest to educators, students and families - not
only for its basis in history, but also for its focus on resilience. It
is a real-life Canadian story of triumph in a small town as one high school
basketball team bands together to rebound from tragedy.
Inspired by the events
surrounding the 2009 New Brunswick provincial championship season of the
Bathurst High School varsity basketball team, THE PHANTOMS recounts
the team’s difficult road to success after a devastating road accident took the
lives of seven players and the wife of the coach. In the following year, as
tragedy hung over the community, the BHS Phantoms returned to the court to
honour the members they had lost. Against the odds, the ragtag group
of players gelled as a team, and lifted not only their school ranking, but the
spirit of their community, winning the coveted provincial basketball title for
the first time in team history. THE PHANTOMS is an uplifting real-life
Canadian story of determination, courage and the power of community.
We think this story
will move and inspire Canadians of all ages across the country. Feel
free to share this information about the broadcast to all those in your
professional and personal networks who you think may be interested in
watching. Enjoy the movie.
THE PHANTOMS
PREMIERES SUNDAY NOVEMBER 18 ON CBC TELEVISION
8PM / 8:30 NT
Trailer, pics, interviews at: www.thephantomsthemovie.com
YouTube: thephantomsthemovie
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ThePhtmsTheMovie
Twitter: @PhantomsMovie
Here's a
preview of the film that was just released today:
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Of special note to Canadian high school
students:
"Give us Your Best Shot"
We would like to give Canadian high school students a chance
to win one of 15 PHANTOMS fleece jackets.
- To enter, students
should send an email to: thephantomsthemovie@gmail.com with
a video (or a link to a web-based video) of their 'best basketball shot' -
from a school game, a team practice, or even an afternoon of pickup.
- As we would like the
fleeces to go to Canadian students, we ask that they include their
name, the name of their school, along with their city or town, and
province.
- Entries will be posted
on our "Give
Us Your Best Shot" playlist on our YouTube
channel: thephantomsthemovie.
- Deadline: before THE
PHANTOMS airs, SUNDAY NOV 18 AT 8PM/8:30 NT
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