{{short description|2023 Canadian drama film}} {{Infobox film | name = Warrior Strong | image = | caption = Film poster | director = Shane Belcourt | producer = Jason Ross Jallet<br>Leah Jaunzems<br>Nicholas Tabarrok | writer = Dan Gordon | starring = Jordan Johnson-Hinds<br>Sarah Podemski<br>Andrew Dice Clay | music = | cinematography = Daniel Everitt-Lock | editing = Nick Montgomery | studio = Darius Films | distributor = | released = {{film date|2023|9|18|Cinéfest}} | runtime = 98 minutes | country = Canada | language = English | budget = }}
'''''Warrior Strong''''' is a 2023 Canadian drama film, directed by Shane Belcourt.<ref name=grobar>Matt Grobar, [https://deadline.com/2022/08/andrew-dice-clay-quiver-launching-sales-in-toronto-1235088230/ "Andrew Dice Clay & Jordan Johnson-Hinds Set For Sports Drama ‘Warrior Strong’; Quiver Launching Sales In Toronto"]. ''Deadline Hollywood'', August 9, 2022.</ref> The film stars Jordan Johnson-Hinds as Bilal Irving, a headstrong aspiring professional basketball player who is asked by his former high school principal Jules (Sarah Podemski) to return to the school as assistant to head basketball coach Avery Schmidt (Andrew Dice Clay).<ref name=grobar/>
The cast also includes Stephen Kalyn, Julian Young, Rosa Blasi, Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat, Raoul Bhaneja, Rohan Mead, Dylan Cook, Macaulee Cassaday, Aidan Kalechstein, Keenan Grom and Randy Jernier.
The film entered production in summer 2022, in Northern Ontario.<ref>Angelica Babiera, [https://playbackonline.ca/2022/08/11/shane-belcourts-warrior-strong-goes-to-action-in-northern-ontario/ "Shane Belcourt’s Warrior Strong goes to action in Northern Ontario"]. ''Playback'', August 11, 2022.</ref>
The film premiered at the 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.<ref>Clement Goh, [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/cinefest-sudbury-35-lineup-announcement-1.6945291 "Cinéfest Sudbury marks 35 years with focus on comedy and vampires"]. CBC Northern Ontario, August 23, 2023.</ref>
==See also== * List of basketball films
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|21622842}}
Category:2023 films Category:2023 drama films Category:English-language Canadian films Category:Canadian sports drama films Category:Canadian basketball films Category:Black Canadian films Category:2023 Canadian films Category:Films shot in Ontario Category:Films directed by Shane Belcourt
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