Saints and Warriors
In Development
Saints and Warriors is a documentary that explores the intense relationship between Indigenous peoples, Identity and Basketball.
In preparation for the historic All Native Basketball Tournament, the documentary follows two basketball teams, the Skidegate Saints, widely considered the best First Nations basketball team in British Columbia, and their neighbouring rivals the Old Massett Warriors.
We get a glimpse into the lives of Indigenous basketball players from across BC, their shared history, and how the sport has become like a religion for many Indigenous people.
Directed by Patrick Shannon, Produced by Michael Grand from Big Country Films, Executive Producer Helen Haig-Brown, and a development team with Joleen Mitton and Gwaliga Hart - in partnership with the Haida Gwaii Media Collective.
Seeking community stories, photos and videos from Haida Gwaii’s basketball history
Please reach out via email with anything that you’d like to share, and our development team will follow up
We are looking for the community to be involved in the following ways:
* Provide any photographs or videos relating to basketball on Haida Gwaii, the All Native, Christmas Classics, and any pivotal people involved in the sport.
* Interviews to share your own stories from anything relating to basketball, memories growing up, major and memorable moments from over the years, the impact that basketball has had in your lives.
* Recommend stories and interviews about pivotal members of the basketball community, their background and involvement with the game and powerful moments going back generations.