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CAMPUS contains over 3000 National Film Board (NFB) films, features and resources in both English and French.
4) Real steel
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"Set in the near future, where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling promoter feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants to know his father"--www.imdb.com.
5) Tracktown
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Plumb Marigold is a famous but lonely distance runner preparing for the biggest race of her life: The Olympic Trials. But when an injury forces her to take an unexpected day off, Plumb wanders into a bakery where the aimless boy behind the counter catches her eye. Featuring actual Olympic athletes in several lead roles, including co-writer and director, Alexi Pappas. This story captures the experience of a young Olympic hopeful with a degree of authenticity...
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In Virginia in 1971, two white high schools and one black high school are forced to integrate, and the successful white football coach is replaced by Herman Boone, the school's first black faculty member. The players on the combined team have little trust for each other or their new coach, but Boone and the former coach overcome their differences and unite the team. Based on a true story.
7) Breath
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"After developing an interest in surfing, a teenage boy and his friend forge an unlikely friendship with an older surfer."--www.imdb.com.
9) Sultan
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Hindi feature film. "Sultan is a story of Sultan Ali Khan (Salman Khan), a local wrestling champion with the world at his feet as he dreams of representing India at the Olympics"--Container.
10) Weak layers
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After getting evicted, three party-loving best friends set out to win a ski-movie competition. The prize money covers their rent, but they'll have to beat out professional skiers and filmmakers. It is an uproarious comedy celebrating mountain towns and taking on the male-dominated ski industry.
11) Saala khadoos
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Hindi feature film. "Adi Tomar had a dream: to win the boxing gold for India. Instead he languished in a nightmare for a decade: his gloves were spiked in an important match by his own coach for political reasons. Shattered and disillusioned he turned to a life of cynical self-destruction, booze brothels and bar fights until his friends somehow rescued him. He returned to boxing as a coach of the lowly rated Indian Women's team, but his outspoken...
12) The nomads
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"Amidst the chaos of massive budget cuts and school closures, a newly appointed teacher introduces men's rugby to an inner-city North Philadelphia high school."--www.imdb.com.
13) Twelve
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"A young boy, with help from his father, lets nothing stand between him and his dream to play in the little league world series"--From www.imdb.com.
14) Creed II
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"Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, heavyweight contender Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, son of Ivan Drago"--www.imdb.com.
15) All-stars
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"A veteran coach has returned to 'give something back,' assuming he'd be coaching a 16-and-under team of seasoned and accomplished competitors, but instead is saddled with a 10-and-under team of inexperienced players. Not only is he forced to go back to the basics and teach the fundamentals of the game to the little girls, half of whom would rather be in the dugout eating snacks, but he also faces the greater challenge of riding herd over their over-eager,...
16) Rush
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"The merciless 1970s rivalry between Formula One rivals James Hunt and Niki Lauda"--www.imdb.com.
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A tragic mistake lands nineteen-year-old baseball phenom Sonny Stano in jail before his burgeoning professional baseball career gets off the ground. Now, twenty years later and fresh out of prison, he works to win back his respect, his family, his lost love and his dream of being a professional baseball player.
19) From the rough
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The remarkable true story of how one woman changed the world of sports forever. When Catana Starks (Academy-Award Nominee Taraji P. Henson) became the first African-American woman to coach an all-men's team at the collegiate level she expected it to be tough but she had no idea just how challenging it would be. With no scholarships to offer and only one US student willing to join the team, she reached out across the globe to assemble a ragtag group...
20) Boogie
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"Coming-of-age story of Alfred "Boogie" Chin, a basketball phenom living in Queens, New York, who dreams of one day playing in the NBA. While his parents pressure him to focus on earning a scholarship to an elite college, Boogie must find a way to navigate a new girlfriend, high school, on-court rivals and the burden of expectation"--www.imdb.com.
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