Sonicsgate

Sonicsgate

Directed by Jason Reid
Requiem for a Team

Videos

Trailer for Sonicsgate

Overview

Genre
Sports, Politics, Culture, Cultural History, and Contemporary Issues
Synopsis

Sonicsgate is a feature documentary film exposing the truth behind how Seattle lost the SuperSonics after a heated legal battle in 2008. The team's celebrated 41-year run in Seattle included an NBA Championship, three Western Conference titles, six division titles and legendary players such as Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, Ray Allen, Tom Chambers, Xavier McDaniel, Jack Sikma, Freddy Brown, Slick Watts and Spencer Haywood... just to name a few.

Soncsgate is an investigative piece that explores what really happened to cause this tragedy, as the perfect storm of greed and political impotence cost Seattle its only championship team.

Treatment
Show treatment
Stage
finished
Running time
120 minutes

Credits

Production Details

Prod. Co.
The Seattle SuperSonics Historical Preservation Society
Country
United States
Years of Production
2008-2009
Locations
Seattle, Las Vegas, Denver
Prod. Partners
2R Productions and 8 Rivers Films. Adam Brown, Camp Jones, Darren Lund, Colin White, Ian Connors

Distribution Details

Release year
2009
Distribution
Free online distribution: http//sonicsgate.org
Language
English
Subtitles
Coming soon....French

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