Streetballers Hybrid Distribution

6Oct/090

Streetballers Hybrid Distribution

Streetballers, an indie movie that has a hybrid distribution strategy If I wasn't so busy with my Two Week Film right now, I'd investigate the details behind this press release about an indie flick called Streetballers that seems to be having success with a "hybrid distribution" strategy.

“When I set out to make this film and met with a number of interested studios about the script, they laughed at the idea of this young kid, who graduated with a business degree and never went to film school, wanting to direct, produce and co-star in his first feature film,” says Krentz. “They told me it would be impossible to produce an independent sports themed film for less than five million dollars. I thanked them for their time, moved back to Saint Louis, and took everything I learned from college and my years of on-set experience working for the Sundance Institute, wrote a business plan, shot a trailer, and raised the money independently to shoot the film. Six years later we’re making our West Coast theatrical premiere at the Mann Chinese Theatre, we have six distributors wanting to distribute the film, our own self-distribution center at www.streetballersthemovie.com and are now eligible for consideration at the Academy and Independent Spirit Awards.”

“It’s rare for a locally made independent film to screen for paying customers and even rarer for it to screen at more than one venue,” states Joe Williams of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “But the basketball flick, Streetballers is an honorable exception, a home-grown product that deserves a national rollout.”

The rest of the nation is demanding a national rollout with the independent film. With screenings coming to New York, Kansas City, Dallas, Miami, and Atlanta by the end of November, a hybrid distribution platform and Greedy Genius shoe in the works, Streetballers is built to challenge and defeat any of its competitors. For more information, please visit: www.streetballersthemovie.com.