In terms of these stories and how they’re told, I couldn’t speak exactly to who’s getting it right, who’s not getting it right. This film was really about the relationship between an athlete, their past, and the city through the prism of a camera lens. It’s just trying to provoke thoughts about how we look at our athletes and how they are human; that in itself is something that is continuing to be told. I think it’s been told more in the last five years especially with the player empowerment movement as more athletes continue to commission their own projects and really harness the power of their own voices. This film was made before that movement started. And I’ve been a big part of that movement and working with athletes in my life as I’ve lived my art over the last five years. I’ve spent a lot of time with embattled athletes, athletes struggling with mental health, athletes in rehab, athletes who are entrepreneurs — all different sorts of dynamics.
