The Rebound (2016 film)

The Rebound (originally titled The Rebound: A Wheelchair Basketball Story) is a 2016 documentary sports film directed by Shaina Koren Allen, starring adaptive athletes Mario Moran, Jeremie "Phenom" Thomas, Orlando Carrillo and the Miami Heat Wheels wheelchair basketball team. Appearances from coaches, Paralympic athletes, and family shape the narrative along with cinéma vérité documentary coverage. The Rebound premiered at Miami International Film Festival[1] in 2016, and has gone on to screen at 19 film festivals, including Cinequest,[2] Napa Valley Film Festival, Dallas Film Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival, Naples International Film Festival, and more. The film has received awards including the Kaiser Permanente Thrive Award, Brooklyn Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary at Brooklyn Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature and Best Director - Documentary at Gallup Film Festival.

Jeremie Thomas and the Miami Heat dancers at the 2016 Miami International Film Festival presentation of the documentary

References
  1. Busto, Carolina del (2016-02-29). "Miami International Film Festival 2016 Makes Miami Shine". Retrieved 2016-09-29.
  2. "The Rebound". Cinequest Film Festival. Retrieved 2016-09-29.


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