When Don 'Tex' Phillips, a trailblazing Black American basketball coach, takes the reins of a Canadian college program on the prairies, he and his NAIT Ooks team become the subject of sabotage and scrutiny on their way to back-to-back championships, before his premature exit as head coach.

Filmmaker Alex Eskandarkhah is a Canadian-Iranian director, producer and actor born and raised in Toronto. He works diligently to create a space for underrepresented narratives through authentic storytelling that captures omitted histories and lived experiences.

COACHING WHILE BLACK will be screened as a part of the SHORTS: BACK IN THE GAME package.

Director Alex Eskandarkhah & Subject Donald Phillips will be in attendance at the September 24 screening.