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Off the Rez

[2011]
TFF 11
Feature Documentary | 86 min | Special Events
Credit: Alastair Christopher

Synopsis

Shoni Schimmel, a Umatilla Indian and one of the best high school basketball players in the country, dreams of being the first from her tribe to get a college scholarship. Shoni and her mother/coach Ceci battle together to redeem generations of struggle for their family and their people, but her hoop dreams are threatened after her family leaves the Umatilla Indian Reservation.

Tribeca Talks After the Movie (4/26 only): Join director Jonathan Hock, executive producers Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, and Eileen O'Neill, Group President of Discovery & TLC Networks, and others for a discussion about the pressures on elite high school athletes and Shoni Schimmel's challenging journey as a Native American female athlete into the college sports arena. Moderated by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Friday Night Lights, Buzz Bissinger.

Film Contacts

Print Source
Philip Aromando
Hock Films
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212.337.3292
Email: phila@hockfilms.com
Press Contact
Dustin Smith
TLC Discovery Channel
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Phone: 310.975.1640
Email: dustin_smith@discovery.com
Director's Agent
Jim Ornstein
William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212.903.1574
Email: orn@wma.com