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Across the Line( 2016)

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Overview

Out of the approximately 600 players in the National Hockey League, thirty are Black. Mattie Slaughter, a hockey phenom from the rural Black community of North Preston, wants to make it thirty-one. To reach his goal, Mattie needs to keep his nose clean and avoid trouble. Hard to do though, when you go to a school where racism taints every interaction, your older brother is a hustler and you’re crushing on a girl who’s already hooked up.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Stephan James

      Mattie Slaughter

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      Sarah Jeffery

      Jayme Crawley

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      Shamier Anderson

      Carter Slaughter

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      Lanette Ware

      Velma

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      Steven Love

      John

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      Denis Theriault

      Todd

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      Kim Parkhill

      Police Officer

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      Cara Ricketts

      Lori Downey

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      Hugh Thompson

      Len Jacobsen

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    A review by Dan_Tebasco

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    Written by Dan_Tebasco on Sun Apr 16 2017
    Starts out alright but as a whole a rather lackluster film with a oversimplified view on racism. Directed by a director who refers to himself as 'Director X' who after a bit of research was a Hype Williams trained musicvideo director previously going under the name of 'Little X' with his most famous effort before getting into film was Justin Bieber's Boyfriend video. But 'Little X' didn't sound like a serious enough name to direct films and short films so he changed it to 'Director X' instead. Anyhow, I would honestly not have thought he was a musicvideo-director because they tend t...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • canada
    • ice hockey
    • racism
    • halifax