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Documentary Night: SCHOOLED
Documentary Night
SCHOOLED
Post film Q&A with Executive Producer Bobby Valentine & Producer Andrew J. Muscato
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ABOUT THE FILM: A comprehensive look at the business, history and culture of big-time college football and basketball in America. It is an adaptation of “The Cartel” by Pulitzer Prize Winning civil rights scholar Taylor Branch, and his October 2011 article in The Atlantic, “The Shame of College Sports.” SCHOOLED presents a hard-hitting examination of the NCAA’s treatment of its athletes and amateurism in collegiate athletics; weaving interviews, archival and verité footage to tell a story of how college sports became a billion dollar industry built on the backs of athletes who are deprived of numerous rights. Interviewees include current and former college athletes, coaches, academic advisors, NCAA compliance officers, historians, sports journalists and university administrators, such as: Houston Texans’ running back Arian Foster, Emmy-winning Sportscaster Bob Costas, ESPN analyst Jay Bilas, Joe Nocera of The New York Times, Dave Zirin of The Nation, Sports Illustrated’s Frank Deford and Michael Rosenberg.
Not Rated | In English | 80 minutes
ABOUT BOBBY VALENTINE: Bobby Valentine is one of the most recognizable baseball personalities in the world. In 2000 Bobby managed the New York Mets to the memorable “Subway Series” World Series versus the New York Yankees. In 2005 Bobby became the first foreign manager to win the Japan Series when he managed the Chiba Lotte Marines to the franchise’s first ever championship. In 2008 Bobby’s successful career in Japan was the subject of the THE ZEN OF BOBBY V, a 2008 Tribeca Film Festival Official Selection. From 2010 – 2011 Bobby was lead baseball analyst for ESPN’s Baseball Tonight and Sunday Night Baseball Broadcasts. In 2012 Bobby managed the Boston Red Sox. In addition to his work in baseball and television, Bobby is also a noted restaurateur and humanitarian. In 2002 Bobby was awarded Rotary International and Major League Baseball’s prestigious Branch Rickey Award for his contributions to the 9/11 relief effort. Bobby Valentine was born and raised in Stamford and still lives with his family in CT.
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ABOUT ANDREW J. MUSCATO: Andrew produced, shot, and edited the feature documentary THE ZEN OF BOBBY V which aired on ESPN2 in 2008. In 2010 Andrew formed Makuhari Media with Bobby Valentine. The company’s mission is to create character driven feature documentaries set in the world of sports. Andrew and Bobby Valentine were Executive Producers on Makuhari Media’s first feature documentary, BALLPLAYER: PELOTERO, which was released theatrically in 2012. Andrew is currently producing SCHOOLED: THE SHAME OF COLLEGE SPORTS, a critical look at the business of the NCAA, which will air this fall on Epix. BRANCA’S PITCH marks Andrew’s first feature documentary as a director.
