Here’s How a Magical 2010 Hoops Team Could Be The Subject of Our Next Film

The late, great Dwayne Brunson

We’re Digging Deep in the Archives For This Potential Documentary

If you’ve been keeping tabs on us, you’d know that we’ve been working to establish ourselves as one of the very best video production companies in New York City. However, while we enjoy making corporate videos as much as the next guys — it’s important for us to make passion projects too. These passion projects may very well result in no monetary value, but it’s all good. True artists know that when you chase passion, the money will chase you. That’s what this Dozo film is about.

The year was 2009 and the Cardozo basketball roster had it all. After an unexpected loss in the previous year’s city playoffs, Dozo brought its full team back, and word around town was that they were the favorites to win the whole thing.

That didn’t happen of course, but the story that took place that 2009–2010 season was supposed to be immortalized forever. For that whole season, we were followed around by reality TV show cameras — and I say “We” because a baby faced version of me (Tyrel Hunt) was one of six players who went on to play D1 ball from that team.

Ryan Rhoomes

We were loaded, both in talent and storylines. The show that was being developed around that year was set to be great TV, but due to a series of unfortunate events, the footage was shelved and the world never got to see the story….until now.

With the help of Alexes Hargove and Tenth & Fifth Films, I’m close to getting my hands on a vault of old Cardozo footage, and I’ve set out to make a passion project about the magical year, which ended up just six points away from a championship in Madison Square Garden. I’m hoping (and praying) that there is enough in the vault to tell a full story about the year.

While the hoop story is cool, I’m even more interested in the lives of the hoopers from that team. As a storyteller, it’s always fascinating to watch how life can pull even those most close knit units in different directions. In my eyes, the film would be less about just basketball and more about what happens after basketball. What happens when the basketball stops bouncing? What becomes of the players when the crowd stops clapping?

With this angle, the documentary will hopefully have universal appeal — whether you like hoops or not.

I envision interviews with players and coaches from present day, intercut with footage from way back when. It’s a tall task, and it’s very possible that the project may fall through if the archived footage isn’t up to par. But if you’ve seen the work of our NYC video production company so far — you should know that we can pull it off.

Fingers crossed.

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