Junior - a look behind the scenes of the junior leagues

The HockeyStars Team — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:02:58 -0800

Filmmakers Isabelle Lavigneith and Stéphane Thibault embedded themselves in Baie-Comeau, Quebec with major junior hockey league Drakkar, to make a feature documentary called Junior. Described by the NFB as, "a vivid picture of behind-the-scenes life in a sporting world where teenagers prepare to become the stars of tomorrow." The film promises to examine the pressures faced by teen athletes. They go on to say, "Hockey becomes a rite of passage to adulthood – one through which the players are driven at high speed. These developing athletes are subject to a rigid training schedule. At the same time, they are employees of a private company concerned with its profits.