The latter is a useful fact to keep in mind when watching the sprawling yet frequently intense thrillerdrama the line ciara, which focuses on a. Stephan james, sarah jeffrey across the line directed by director x mattie is a top ice hockey player tipped to be selected by one of the top teams in. Moving the camera over the axis is called jumping the line or crossing the line. Everything you need to know about across the line movie 2017. Across the line is a 2015 canadian drama film directed by director x. Directed by director x with stephan james, sarah jeffery, steven love, lanette ware. Across the line, a canadian drama film disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title across the line. Mattie stephan james, is a skilled ice hockey player from north preston in nova scotia. It stars stephan james, sarah jeffery, shamier anderson, lanette ware, steven love, and jim codrington. Licensed to youtube by ingrooves on behalf of brilliance. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. In filmmaking, the 180degree rule is a basic guideline regarding the onscreen spatial relationship between a character and another character or object within a scene. But it does accurately depict blatant racism, reaction to that racism and.
This is done so the viewer can keep a sense of orientation during the scene. A young, black hockey star stephan james, bound for the nhl, is surrounded by racial tension in a divided nova scotian community. Across the line trailer 2017 sarah jeffery, stephan. Zuriel melchior is also a game designer and spends much of his time concentrating on vr virtual reality. By keeping the camera on one side of an imaginary axis between two characters, the first character is always frame right of the second character. Many filmmakers believe that although its natural to end a reallife call with goodbye, in a movie, its awkward and a waste of precious screen time. Across the line, directed by director x, produced by floyd kane, and presented by african film festival, hits like a solid train of nostalgia, unafraid. Stephan james is mattie, a talented hockey player selected by a top nhl team, but his plans are jeopardized by his hustling brother and th. Seeing this film as a prescreener for a film festival, im in no way connected to this film, which seems to be the suspicious case with the previous two comments, especially the one from texas. On 3 july 2017, the line was released in slovakia, as well as at the 52nd karlovy vary international film festival, where it was nominated for the crystal globe and won the best director award for bebjak. My eyes watched the film as an escape, but my heart and mind were not finding any empathy or. Anyhow, its not a movie youd want to see at the movies, per say. Yes, it was a bit trite in some areas, but overall it was entertaining if you put aside your fears that it is intended to be.
Reviewed in the united states on september 8, 2017. Across the line 2015 tvma 1h 27m canadian movies a black high school student sets his sights for the national hockey league, but rising racial tensions in his community may jeopardize his goals. Brian bloom, justin urich, brad johnson, sigal erez, tony perez, dave silva, julia vera, jules douglas, roger velasco, amit knust, joshua. Across the line will be nadavs third film as a director. A black hockey player stephan james hopes to be drafted into the nhl. My, we have become so sensitive in our current political environment. Across the line 2000 film across the line is a 2000 american drama film directed by martin spottl and starring brad johnson and sigal erez. The film was also selected as the slovak entry for the best foreign language film at the 90th academy awards. Ellis frazier a wonderful first feature film, he proved. Answers the most trusted place for answering lifes. Not because of where it was from, but in the virtual press release that it seems to be. It stars stephan james, sarah jeffery, shamier anderson, lanette ware, steven love. Across the line not only showcases some fine black actors, it delves into a topic that hollywood is continuing to struggle with.
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Stephan james race, selma, shots fired is mattie, a talented hockey player selected by a top nhl team, but his plans are jeopardized by his relationship with his brother and the corrosive racial tension at his school. Trailer for across the line, which will be distributed by lightyear entertainment. Tommy caldwell and alex honnold complete fitz traverse in patagonia by rock and ice january 8th, 2015 trailer for a line across the sky, a sender films and big up productions film of tommy caldwell and alex honnolds traverse of the fitz roy massif in patagonia, completed. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Parents need to know that across the line is a 2015 drama about a black canadian teen pursuing his dream of nhl hockey stardom amidst a backdrop of racial tensions in his nova scotia hometown. Keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Stephan james, sarah jeffrey across the line directed by director x mattie is a top ice hockey player tipped to. Across the line on dvd august 1, 2017 starring stephan james, sarah jeffery, shamier anderson. Across the line 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Poverty in america its not what you think the line documents the stories of people across the country living at or below the poverty line.
Johnson plays a smalltown texas sheriff who falls for an illegal immigrant erez who witnessed a murder on the mexican border. A young, black nhl hopeful living in a racially divided nova scotian community finds his career prospects in jeopardy when tensions in his community come to a head. For the record, there isnt very much hockey in this movie aside from the lead character running skating drills and practicing his shooting. Across the line is an immersive virtual reality experience that puts the viewer in the shoes of someone who is trying to access a safe and legal abortion by offering a new experience that can help. Please visit for more great maya entertainment movies. Hes tipped to be selected by one of the top teams in the national hockey league, but his plans are.
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