Featuring 5 new titles and 4 selections from ESPN Films' Upcoming Series Nine for IX', this year's Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival welcomes back Entourage's Kevin Connolly with the world premiere of Big Shot.'
The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by American Express, is thrilled to announce the lineup for the seventh annual Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival. Founded to broaden the audience for independent film through stories about sports and competition, this year's Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival will consist of nine films, including four titles from ESPN Films' highly anticipated Nine for IX" series which celebrates the fortieth anniversary of Title IX with nine documentary films about women in sports directed by outstanding female filmmakers.
Kicking off the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival will be the world premiere of Big Shot, directed by Kevin Connolly (Entourage), which will also double as the gala premiere of the program on Friday, April 19. Connolly first came to Tribeca in 2007 with the debut of his feature film, Gardener of Eden. In Big Shot, Connolly chronicles John Spano's fraudulent purchase of the New York Islanders, taking viewers behind the scenes as the biggest fraud in hockey history unfolds.
One of the premier showcases for independent films about sports and competition, the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival appeals to both sports fans and film lovers as sports intersect with art. In addition to being shown throughout the Festival, all of this year's Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival films will be screened at Tribeca Cinemas on Saturday, April 27. The Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival will also present Sports Day as part of the Tribeca Family Festival Street Fair, an event that includes free sports-related games and special appearances by some of New York's most popular athletes.
Big Shot
Directed by Kevin Connolly
(USA) World Premiere, Documentary
In 1997, John Spano, a previously unknown Dallas business mogul, bought the New York Islanders for a whopping $165 million. The future looked bright for the once-legendary team. Then Spano took his seat in the front office. Entourage's Kevin Connolly takes us behind the scenes of the biggest fraud in hockey history, as Spano's wealth is revealed to be a lie and his rise to power a brilliantly concocted scheme.
McConkey
Directed and written by Steve Winter, Murray Wais, Scott Gaffney, David Zieff, and Rob Bruce
(USA) World Premiere, Documentary
An all-star roster of sports movie-making talent directs this heartfelt biography of extreme ski trailblazer Shane McConkey, once described as the most influential skier ever. McConkey covers forty years and countless high places to track Shane's conversion from downhill racer to freeskiing marvel to pioneer of a hair-raising new disciplineski BASE jumpinggiving new meaning to the question, how do you live your life to the fullest?
Lenny Cooke
Directed by Benny Safdie and Joshua Safdie
(USA) World Premiere, Documentary
In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped high school basketball player in the country, ranked above future greats LeBron James, Amar'e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony. A decade later, Lenny has never played a minute in the NBA. In this quintessentially American documentary, filmmaking brothers Joshua and Benny Safdie track the unfulfilled destiny of a man for whom superstardom was only just out of reach.
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Directed by Bill Siegel
(USA) World Premiere, Documentary
Brash boxer Cassius Clay burst into the American consciousness in the early 1960s, just ahead of the Civil Rights movement. His transformation into the spiritually enlightened heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali is legendary, but this religious awakening also led to a bitter legal battle with the U.S. government after he refused to serve in the Vietnam War. This film reveals the perfect storm of race, religion and politics that shaped one of the most recognizable figures in sports history.
The Motivation
Directed by Adam Bhala Lough
(USA) World Premiere, Documentary
Go inside the lives and training regimes of eight of the world's gutsiest professional skateboarders. These fearless stars face unique obstacles on the way to the Street League Championship and the coveted title of best street skateboarder in the world. Adam Bhala Lough, creator of the independent hit Bomb the System (TFF 2003), directs this fresh, energetic documentary search for that elusive quality that separates winners from the pack. In English, Portuguese with subtitles.
Special Screenings from the Nine for IX series
Pat XO
Directed by Lisa Lax and Nancy Stern Winters, produced by Robin Roberts
(USA) World Premiere, Documentary
In August 2011, Pat Summitt, NCAA basketball's winningest coach, made the stunning announcement that she had early-onset Alzheimers disease. Before and after resigning in April 2012, the legendary coach and her son, Tyler, have set out to beat this challenge as they had every otherwith grace, humor and, most of all, each other. Pat XO tells the remarkable story of this incomparable coach as it has never been told before, straight from the people who knew her best.
The Diplomat
Directed by Senain Kheshgi and Jennifer Arnold
(USA) World Premiere, Documentary
At the height of the Cold War, Katarina Witt became one of East Germany's most famous athletes, winning six European titles, four world championships and back-to-back Olympic gold medals. Known as the most beautiful face of socialism, she earned unique benefits in East Germany but also constant surveillan
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Featuring 5 new titles and 4 selections from ESPN Films' Upcoming Series Nine for IX', this year's Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival welcomes back Entourage's Kevin Connolly with the world premiere of Big Shot.' 
