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'Finding Big Country' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Kathleen Jayme and released in 2018.Dana Gee, [https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/movies/finding-big-country-documentary-answers-the-whatever-happened-to-question "Finding Big Country documentary answers the whatever happened to question"]. 'Vancouver Sun', December 4, 2018. The film documents her attempts to trace the whereabouts of former Vancouver Grizzlies player Bryant "Big Country" Reeves several years after his 2001 retirement from basketball.Isaiah De Los Santos, [https://www.slamonline.com/nba/finding-big-country-bryant-reeves-movie-review/ "Finding Big Country: A story of basketball, fandom and heroes"]. 'Slam', January 10, 2019.
The film had its theatrical premiere at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival,Vincent Plana, [https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-international-film-festival-2018 "10 must-see BC films at the Vancouver International Film Festival"]. 'Daily Hive', September 11, 2018. where it was the winner of the People's Choice Award and the Daily Hive #mustseeBC Award.Adrian Mack, [https://www.straight.com/movies/1150081/finding-big-country-peoples-choice-viff-closes-awards-ceremony "Finding Big Country is the Peoples Choice as VIFF closes with awards ceremony"]. 'The Georgia Straight', October 12, 2018. It subsequently received two special public screenings in Reeves' home state of OklahomaRob Williams, [https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/finding-big-country-reeves-oklahoma "Vancouver filmmaker is taking 'Finding Big Country' to Oklahoma"]. 'Daily Hive', October 27, 2018. before returning to the film festival circuit, where it won the award for Best Canadian Film at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival,Rouven Linnarz, [https://asianmoviepulse.com/2018/11/toronto-reel-asian-film-festival-announces-2018-awards/ "Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival Announces 2018 Awards"]. 'Asian Movie Pulse', November 21, 2018. and the awards for Best Multicultural Film and Best Documentary POV at the 2019 Yorkton Film Festival.
The film won five Leo Awards in 2019, for Best Short Documentary, Best Direction in a Short Documentary (Jayme), Best Screenwriting in a Short Documentary (Jayme), Best Picture Editing in a Short Documentary (Greg Ng) and Best Sound in a Short Documentary (Gregor Phillips).
Jayme subsequently made several further short documentary films about basketball, including 'We the West' (2019)Rob Williams, [https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-grizzlies-we-the-west "Finding Big Country filmmaker releases new Vancouver Grizzlies documentary"]. 'Daily Hive', October 15, 2019. and 'Born Identities' (2021),[https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nba/news/nba-films-for-fans-created-with-olg-born-identities-by-kathleen-s-jayme/3vdfg3s6azf018qkm7jkuc2nz "NBA Films for Fans created with OLG: 'Born Identities' by Kathleen S. Jayme"]. 'The Sporting News', September 14, 2021. before releasing the full-length documentary film 'The Grizzlie Truth', an exploration of the Vancouver Grizzlies' overall failure, in 2022.Rob Williams, [https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/stu-jackson-speaks-vancouver-grizzlies-documentary "Stu Jackson speaks about Vancouver Grizzlies in new documentary"]. 'Daily Hive', September 9, 2022.
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