Across the Line
Out of the approximately 600 players in the National Hockey League, thirty are Black. Mattie Slaughter, a hockey phenom from the rural Black community of North Preston, wants to make it thirty-one. To reach his goal, Mattie needs to keep his nose clean and avoid trouble. Hard to do though, when you go to a school where racism taints every interaction, your older brother is a hustler and you’re crushing on a girl who’s already hooked up.
- 5.2
- 2016
- Released
- 1h 28m
Stephan James
Mattie Slaughter
Sarah Jeffery
Jayme Crawley
Shamier Anderson
Carter Slaughter
Lanette Ware
Velma
Steven Love
John
Denis Theriault
Todd
Kim Parkhill
Police Officer
Cara Ricketts
Lori Downey
Hugh Thompson
Len JacobsenReleased
en
- #canada
- #ice hockey
- #racism
- #halifax
Reviews
Starts out alright but as a whole a rather lackluster film with a oversimplified view on racism. Directed by a director who refers to himself as 'Director X' who after a bit of research was a Hype Williams trained musicvideo director previously going under the name of 'Little X' with his most famous effort before getting into film was Justin Bieber's Boyfriend video. But 'Little X' didn't