SnowBall: Screenplay by Chris Spence

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SnowBall Screenplay by Chris Spence
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About Snowball The Screenplay
Snowball the screenplay is inspired by Jason
Collins the NBA center who, on April 29, 2013
became the first active male professional athlete
in a major North American team sport to come out
publicly as gay. Collins was in an eight-year
relationship with former WNBA center Carolyn
Moos, and the two were engaged to be married, but
Collins called off the wedding in 2009
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About Snowball Film
Snowball follows the life of Jake Bradley as the
dyslexic star point guard for the undefeated
Westside Academy. His life revolves around the
basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor
for life. A best friend who is coming out and
experiencing a free fall into the world of drug
addiction, a mother who turns tricks to pay his
private school fees, a homophobic coach and an
unhealthy dose of racism all of these begin to
encroach on his dream of becoming a basketball
star.
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Who Writes Snowball?
Chris Spence writes Snowball. Christopher M.
Spence holds a doctorate in education from the
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
lectures at York University and Humber College,
and is the principal at Lawrence Heights Middle
School in Toronto. In 1992 Chris formed CMS
Productions with the intention of developing
educational resources that reflected the needs
and utilized the talents of visible minorities.
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From Where to Get Snowball?

• Snowball is the Project in Development at
  http//cmsproductions.ca.
• You can get this screenplay from this Canadian
  production website.
• Also you can browse the YouTube channel tab from
  the website to find some more interesting videos.

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Contact Us 1000 Golf Links Road, PO Box
90041 Ancaster, ON, L9K 0B4 EmailChrisSpence_at_CMSP
roductions.ca
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