By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-08-14 19:00:00
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又一部篮球电影登陆大银幕，其幕后推手之一便是担任制片人的勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James)。影片*《Rez Ball》*讲述了来自新墨西哥州丘斯卡 (Chuska) 的纳瓦霍保留地原住民高中篮球队——丘斯卡勇士队 (Chuska Warriors) 的故事。他们在赛季之初，就因队内的明星球员自杀而痛失核心。
该片改编自《纽约时报》(New York Times) 记者迈克尔·鲍威尔 (Michael Powell) 的小说《峡谷之梦：纳瓦霍民族的篮球赛季》(Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation)。影片的拍摄地设在纳瓦霍民族地区，并获得了当地主权部落民族的许可与支持。
球场之上，球队必须围绕吉米 (Jimmy) 进行重建，他不仅要应对家庭中的个人困境，还要肩负起球队新领袖的重任。球队一度遭遇九连败，之后他们重新振作，找到了球队的核心力量。他们决定使用纳瓦霍语来布置战术。这个决定要求一些队员必须去学习自己的母语，从而也让他们更深地融入了自己的文化传统。
球队强势反弹，打出了一波十四连胜，为自己赢得了参加州冠军赛的机会。
影片选用了大量原住民演员，这为影片中场外情节的真实性增色不少。在比赛的动态镜头中，影片的摄影技巧运用了大量出色的切换，将场上的激烈对抗与场下的叙事线索清晰地分离开来，让观众在观影后既备受鼓舞，又印象深刻。
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Basketball movie of the week: Rez Ball
Another basketball film that found its way to the silver screen in part because of LeBron James, who served as producer, Rez Ball tells the story of the Chuska Warriors, a Navajo reservation Native American high school basketball team from Chuska, New Mexico, who lose their star player to suicide at the start of the season.
Based on the novel Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation, by New York Times journalist Michael Powell, the film was shot on the Navajo Nation with the blessing of the local sovereign tribal nations.
On the court, the team has to rebuild around Jimmy, who faces personal challenges at home as well as as the teams new leader. The team loses nine games in a row before regrouping and finding their core. They make the decision to call plays in the Navajo language. The choice requires some to learn their language, bringing them deeper into their heritage.
The team rebounds winning fourteen in a row giving them an opportunity to attend the state championship.
The film was cast with many Indigenous actors and actresses, adding to the authenticity of the moments off the court. Cinematography is loaded with great shifts during the action of the game, separating the on court action with the off court narrative, allowing the viewer to walk away both inspired and impressed.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock