Mini-pod: I’m Just Here for the Riot

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

This episode of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kat Jayme and Asia Youngman, the directors of “I’m Just Here for the Riot,” a documentary film about the 2011 riot that occurred in Vancouver following Game 7 of the Stanley Cup between the Canucks and Bruins. The film, an ESPN 30 for 30 presentation, premieres June 4 at 7:30 pm ET on ESPN and will stream on ESPN+. In this podcast, the filmmakers discuss why they wanted to explore this subject more than a decade later; how they procured the on-the-ground footage; interviewing the rioters; people taking footage for posterity and vanity; the motivation for the riots; how ESPN become involved in the project; the Vancouver Grizzlies NBA team and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.

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