Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew

Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew
Directed byJeremy Schaulin-Rioux
Kirk Thomas
Written byJoel Haywood
Produced byRyan Sidhoo
CinematographyHunter Wood
Edited bySarah Cruise
Alec MacNeill Richardson
Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux
Music byEdo Van Breemen
Johannes Winkler
Production
company
The Notic Studios
Distributed byGravitas Ventures[1]
Release dates
  • October 8, 2021 (2021-10-08) (VIFF)
  • March 26, 2024 (2024-03-26) (Canada)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Handle With Care: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew is a 2021 Canadian documentary film, directed by Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux and Kirk Thomas.[2] The film is a portrait of the Notic Streetball Crew, a streetball team who were active in Vancouver in the early 2000s; Schaulin-Rioux and Thomas got their start in the film industry making short documentary films and performance videos about the team.[3]

The film premiered on October 8, 2021, at the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival,[4] where it won the award for Best British Columbia film[5] and the Audience Award for most popular film in the True North program.[6]

The film was a nominee for the DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2022 Directors Guild of Canada awards.[7] It received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, for Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Editing in a Documentary (Schaulin-Rioux) and Best Original Music in a Documentary (Edo Van Breemen, Johannes Winkler).[8]

  1. ^ Ritman, Alex (5 March 2024). "Chris Paul and RZA-Produced Notic Streetball Crew Doc 'Handle With Care' Gets New Trailer, Worldwide Distribution Deal". Variety. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  2. ^ Dana Gee, "Vancouver streetball crew back in game with new, big screen feature documentary". Vancouver Sun, October 6, 2021.
  3. ^ Marsha Lederman, "Notic Streetball Crew returns to the court in documentary premiere at VIFF". The Globe and Mail, September 30, 2021.
  4. ^ Charlie Smith, "VIFF 2021: Streetball phenom Joey Haywood and the rest of the Notic crew immortalized in Handle With Care". The Georgia Straight, September 29, 2021.
  5. ^ Michael Scoular, "What to See at VIFF 2021: The Legend of the Notic Streetball Crew". Montecristo Magazine, October 6, 2021.
  6. ^ Steve Newton, "Vancouver International Film Fest announces award winners". The Georgia Straight, October 13, 2021.
  7. ^ Etan Vlessing, "DGC Awards: ‘Nightmare Alley,’ ‘Crimes of the Future,’ ‘Night Raiders’ Lead Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter, September 23, 2022.
  8. ^ Pat Mullen, "2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominations for Documentary". Point of View, February 22, 2023.