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9-Man (2014)
Directed by Ursula Liang
Documentary · 1h 27m
'9-Man' is an independent feature documentary about an isolated and exceptionally athletic Chinese-American sport that's much more than a pastime. Since the 1930s, young men have played this gritty streetball game competitively in the alleys and parking lots of Chinatown. At a time when anti-Chinese sentiment and laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act forced Chinese restaurant workers and laundrymen to socialize exclusively amongst themselves, nine-man offered both escape and fraternity for men who were separated from their families in China and facing extreme discrimination and distrust. Pivoting between oil-spotted Chinatown parking lots and jellyfish-filled banquet scenes, the film captures the spirit of nine-man as players not only battle for a championship but fight to preserve a sport that holds so much history.
Crew
- Director
- Ursula Liang
- Editor
- Michelle Chang
Details
- Release date
- 2014-04-27
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin, English, Cantonese
- Countries
- United States of America