Linsanity was originally a limited screening, only playing in 12 cities in the United States, but the Asian American Association at the University of Missouri-Columbia brought a chance to see Linsanity to Columbia.
“I was contacted by a personnel on the production team,” president of the AAA Victoria Yu said. “She gave me all the information and how I could apply to bring Linsanity to Columbia.”
Yu brought this idea to the AAA’s executive board, which subsequently agreed to apply for a screening of Linsanity in Columbia.
“A few weeks ago it was finally confirmed that Forum 8 theater would be willing to screen this documentary.” Yu said.
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Linsanity, which began filming three years ago, chronicles the life of Jeremy Lin, from when he played basketball as a young child, to his high school life at Palo Alto, California, onto the roller coaster journey of his NBA career, giving a chance for Lin to tell his side of his success story. But Forum 8 will only be able to show Linsanity if 89 people reserve their $12 tickets by Monday, November 11.
With only 19 tickets reserved and only three more days to sell 70 tickets, Columbia is about to miss out on an opportunity to “see an inspirational story,” Yu said.
“It’s just really cool to see Asian American identity and sports being brought together,” Yu said. “Being able to bring this documentary to Columbia to share his story, his past and his journey to the rise in the NBA, it’ll just be very inspirational to all of us: Asians, Asian Americans, anyone in general.”
Another trait that catches the attention of students is his education at Harvard.
“Not only is [Lin] a good basketball player,” sophomore Stephanie Kang said, “he’s also a good student because he went to Harvard, so that’s very intriguing.”
This documentary can also serve as an opportunity for students to learn the life lessons from Lin’s life.
Sophomore David Ezeji says that he hopes to learn, “some of the things that [Lin’s] done over a short period of time that helped him to become the player that he is and the stardom that he’s created.”
To watch a documentary that can shed light on Jeremy Lin’s past and his path to fame, interested viewers must reserve tickets by Monday, Nov. 11. The theater will only charge the $12 payment when the 89 person quota is reached.
Full disclosure, author interviewed family member.
By Alice Yu
What would you like to learn from this documentary? What do you think of Jeremy Lin?
Abby Kempf • Nov 10, 2013 at 9:28 pm
This sounds really interesting, and like it would be a good opportunity for CoMo. It’s very impressive that he attended Harvard and rose to NBA basketball stardom. I would love to hear about his experiences at Harvard and he juggled school and athletics.
Jenna Liu • Nov 10, 2013 at 5:11 pm
Jeremy Lin sounds like a great role model for anyone juggling athletics and academics. This film is an opportunity for students my age to learn more about perseverance and striving for excellence.