This Is A Game Ladies is a feature film directed and shot by six time Emmy award-winner Peter Schnall.

a PARTISAN PICTURES Production.
Produced by Tracey Barry & Peter Schnall

partisanpictures.com

 

Music composed by:
Ellis Hall III,
Ellis Hall Jr. &
Anton Sanko

 

As seen on PBS
For more info check out pbs.org/thisisagame

"It's about more than just Basketball..."

The two-hour documentary and its director/cinematographer, Peter Schnall, were nominated for a 2005 Emmy in the category “Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography. This Is A Game Ladies made its national debut on PBS affiliates in December of 2004. It follows the Scarlet Knights throughout the 2000-2001 season, one year removed from Rutgers’ first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament Final Four. The piece made its international debut at the AFI/Discovery Silverdocs Film Festival in June of 2003 in Silver Springs, MD, and also appeared at the Starz Denver International Film Festival, the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival, the High Falls (Rochester, NY) Film Festival and the Trenton Film Festival. This Is A Game Ladies won the Audience Award at Silverdocs, and was named Best Documentary at Ft. Lauderdale.

Director Peter Schnall dedicates this story not just to the players and their season, but also to the lady who gives all of her being to the cause. A visionary, a mother and a widow, Coach (C. Vivian) Stringer has overcome insurmountable odds and personal tragedy as she continues to form talented athletes into confident women and committed citizens. Some say that women’s basketball is more passionate and unaffected than its male counterpart, and This Is A Game Ladies makes a persuasive case.

Partisan Pictures, located in New York, NY, has filmed numerous documentaries for National Geographic TV, PBS, the History Channel, BBC, Devillier/Donegan and the Discovery Channel. Partisan founder Schnall has won six Emmys.

 

Accolade's

NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARD NOMINATION

Outstanding Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography

 

SILVERDOCS FILM FESTIVAL

Winner, Audience Award

 

FORT LAUDERDALE FILM FESTIVAL

Winner, Best Documentary

 

THE AURORA AWARDS

Winner, Best of Show

 

 

Press:

“This Is A Game Ladies succeeds on many levels. The outstanding cinematography and energizing music keep pace with the young women of Rutgers." - Gabriel Wardell of Silverdocs

"9 Stars (out of 10)! You don't have to be a jock ... to fall for this documentary..."  - TV Guide

"... Involving and Exhilarating..."  - Hollywood Reporter

"... Edge-of-the-seat Coverage..." - Philadelphia Inquirer

"... Dramatic and Affecting... " - New york Times

 

Cast & Crew:

DIRECTED BY
Peter Schnall

PRODUCERS
Peter Schnall
Tracy Barry

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Peter Schnall
Hilary Sio
Denise Williams

EDITOR
Rob Kuhns

COORDINATING PRODUCERS
Elana Bluestine
Tina Ver

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Peter Schnall

SOUND RECORDIST
Tracy Barry

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Anton Sanko
Ellis Hall Jr.
Ellis Hall III

MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Tracy McKnight

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER / ASSISTANT CAMERA
Tammie Rhee

ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Jeff Gilbert

ADDITIONAL CAMERA
Jerry Risius

ADDITIONAL SOUND
Glenn Marullo

OFFICE MANAGER
Jessica Applebaum

ASSISTANT EDITORS
Dan Davis
Allison Zell

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Larissa Andrews
Justine Simonson
Abe Foreman-Greenwald
Karina Towers
Justin Mitchell
Glenn C. Reimer
Isabel Schnall

MIXER AND SOUND DESIGN
Joe Caterini

ON-LINE EDITOR
David Markun, Henninger Capitol

PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT
Brian Minahan

SPECIAL THANKS
Rutgers University
Dawn Buckner
Heather Brocious
Henninger Capitol