Largely composed of immigrants and first-generation Canadians from Vancouver’s suburbs, The Notic underground basketball collective overcame all odds to achieve global fame 20 years ago. In defiance of their high school coaches’ casual racism and desire for oppressive conformity, this gregarious group discovered self-expression through streetball’s loose structure and aversion to rules. Bursting onto the scene at the NBA-sponsored Hoop It Up tournament near Science World, the group unleashed a devastating arsenal of bravura tricks and moves. DIY VHS highlights of their showstopping exploits would soon be collected on their first "mixtape". With copies finding their way to every corner of the globe, it was anointed "the bible of streetball".
Joey Haywood
Writer
Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux
Director
Kirk Thomas
Director
Jermaine Foster
Self (Archival Footage)
Rory Grace
Self (Archival Footage)
Joey Haywood
Self (Archival Footage)
Andrew Liew
Self (Archival Footage)
David Mubanda
Self (Archival Footage)
Jonathan Mubanda
Self (Archival Footage)
Dauphin Ngongo
Self (Archival Footage)
Jamal Parker
Self (Archival Footage)
Mohammed Wenn
Self (Archival Footage)
McQueen74%
The Kid Stays in the Picture65%
Night Will Fall76%
Fuck64%
Maternal Instinct72%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me60%
Gleason84%
Voyeur59%
Untold: Crime & Penalties70%
Dogtown and Z-Boys70%
Boys State70%
The Velvet Underground67%
We Live in Public68%
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski75%
Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes59%
Facing Ali73%
LA Originals70%
Overnight63%
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke69%
