Dunk or Die
Directed by Nicolas De Virieu
Written by Documentary
Starring Kadour Ziani
Release Date February 21st, 2022
Documentaries are a window into a world you may not have known existed. The best documentaries are ones that take you to new places in the world, in existence, in consciousness. Documentaries expand reality, they teach, they inform and they entertain. The new French, black & white, basketball documentary Dunk or Die may seem like a documentary about a basketball player in France, emulating the heroes of the NBA, but that’s just the surface.
Director Nicolas De Verieu has the specific task of chronicling the life of Kadour Ziane, a superstar around the world for his spectacular mastery of the slam dunk. In the process of capturing Ziane, De Verieu throws a light on the nature of obsession. What drives the obsessive personality? Trauma? Riches? Fame? For Kadour Ziane, obsession means breaking physical, mental and emotional barriers built in a youth filled with the struggles of race and class.
Find my full length review at Unbalanced.Media, linked here.
