Kathleen Jayme

Kathleen Jayme is a Canadian documentary filmmaker from Vancouver, British Columbia. She is most noted for the films Finding Big Country and The Grizzlie Truth, which examine the history of the ill-fated Vancouver Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association.[1]

Kathleen Jayme
Occupation
  • Director
Years active2018–present
WebsiteOfficial Website

Career

Finding Big Country, which documented Jayme's attempts to trace the whereabouts of former Grizzlies player Bryant "Big Country" Reeves several years after his 2001 retirement from basketball, premiered at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival,[2] where it was the winner of the People's Choice Award and the Daily Hive #mustseeBC Award.[3]

The Grizzlie Truth, a portrait of the team's overall history and failure, premiered at the 2022 Vancouver International Film Festival,[4] where it was the winner of the Audience Award for most popular film in the Galas & Special Presentations program.[5]

Jayme also created Born Identities, a short documentary film about the creation of the Grizzlies and Toronto Raptors logos, which screened at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival as part of the NBA Films for Fans project.[6]

She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Writing in a Web Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for "Invasion of the Murder Hornets", an episode of the documentary web series Farm Crime.[7]

Her latest documentary, I'm Just Here for the Riot, examining the 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot, was produced for ESPN's 30 for 30 in collaboration with Asia Youngman, and premiered at the 2023 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[8]

References
  1. Dana Gee, "The Grizzlie Truth takes a shot at trying to figure out why the Grizzlies left Vancouver". Vancouver Sun, September 30, 2022.
  2. Vincent Plana, "10 must-see BC films at the Vancouver International Film Festival". Daily Hive, September 11, 2018.
  3. Adrian Mack, "Finding Big Country is the People’s Choice as VIFF closes with awards ceremony". The Georgia Straight, October 12, 2018.
  4. Rob Williams, "Stu Jackson speaks about Vancouver Grizzlies in new documentary". Daily Hive, September 9, 2022.
  5. Angelica Babiera, "VIFF announces nine audience award winners". Playback, October 19, 2022.
  6. "NBA Films for Fans created with OLG: 'Born Identities' by Kathleen S. Jayme". The Sporting News, September 14, 2021.
  7. Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
  8. Punter, Jennie. "Western Canadian Filmmakers, Industry Professionals Up Their Game at Hot Docs". Variety. Retrieved 6 May 2023.


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