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True North E1 - The Roots & The Rise

True North E1 - The Roots & The Rise

| 23 min

Toronto is at the epicentre of Canada’s NBA talent boom. We meet the pioneers who have grown the game and introduce a group of young hopefuls chasing their own hoop dream.

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Credits
  • creator
    Ryan Sidhoo
  • director
    Ryan Sidhoo
  • producer
    Shirley Vercruysse
  • director of photography
    John Price
  • editor
    Graham Withers
  • composer
    Alex Punzalan
  • sound designer
    John Diemer
  • production supervisor
    Jennifer Roworth
  • assistant editor
    Mike Howey
  • technical coordinator
    Wes Machnikowski
  • researcher
    Caroline Coutts
  • coordinator
    Mike Hamilton
  • additional camera
    Christopher Romeike
    Jesse McCracken
    Matthew Nauser
    Andrew Bissonnette
    Mike McLaughlin
    James Pace-Cornsilk
    Chris Wardle
  • sound recordist
    Ryan Cox
    Nick Davey
    Neil Curschman
    Benjamin Barton
    Dane Kelly
    Nathaniel Robinson
    Kevin Brown
    Mike Kool
    Bernie Ozol
    Max Hirtenstein
    Justin Lacroix
    Zach Thorpe
  • production coordinator
    Veronika Paz
    Kristyn Stilling
  • production assistant
    Patrick Sue-Chan
    Mackie Montgomery
    Paul Kim
    Marcus Armstrong
    Chris Niesing
  • stills photographer
    Yasin Osman
  • re-recording mixer
    Luc Léger
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • sound editor
    Michelle Hwu
    Chris Robinson
  • digital colourist
    Serge Verreault
  • graphics
    Jacknife
  • VFX
    Bun Lee
    Cynthia Ouellet
  • marketing manager
    Amanda Laukys
    Andrew Millard
    Catherine Veitch
  • publicist
    Jennifer Mair
  • studio administrator
    Carla Jones
  • executive producer
    Shirley Vercruysse
  • executive director
    Michelle van Beusekom

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