Sonicsgate

Chronicling the scandalous sale and relocation of the Seattle SuperSonics NBA team to Oklahoma City.  In the modern business of pro sports, no team is safe.  Sonics fans were helpless against powerful corporate and political forces, as a perfect storm of lies, greed and ineptitude ripped Seattle’s 41-year team away in 2008. The filmmakers conducted 41 exclusive interviews including Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, George Karl, Wally Walker, Kevin Calabro, Slade Gorton and Sherman Alexie.  The Director’s Cut of the film premiered online in 2009 and won a Webby Award for BEST SPORTS FILM in 2010.  It was recut for a CNBC national television audience in 2012 and ESPN Classic in 2014.

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