Bring Your Name – the Sean Bell All-Stars
This film profiles Rah Wiggins, coach of New York City’s most prolific street basketball team, the Sean Bell All-Stars, who’ve dominated the summer tournament scene for more than 20 years. After the NYPD’s infamous killing of Sean Bell in 2006, Coach Wiggins renamed the team after his fallen friend. In this short documentary, Coach Wiggins visits his former neighborhood in Queens, where his friendship with Sean Bell once blossomed. We also get a coach’s view inside a tournament game at Gersh Park in Brooklyn.
Directors Spotlight
Raafi Rivero
Director
Raafi Rivero has directed numerous films and advertisements, in addition to work in design. His directing credits include works for HBO, Microsoft, and Prudential. Raafi is the founder of Unarmed, an ongoing series of installations in protest of racist violence. Unarmed has received numerous grants and fellowships, and has been covered in the New York Times. 72 Hours: a Brooklyn Love Story?, Raafi’s first feature film, played at BlackStar in 2016 and is currently streaming on Amazon.
- Runtime
- 8 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Director
- Raafi Rivero
- Editor
- Sara Talbot
- Music
- Purple Lion, Danny – T.O.P., Roger Singh Kahlon
- Producer
- Jon Lopez, Raafi Rivero
- Premiere
- World