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Filmmaker Kat Jayme Discusses Meeting Her Basketball Idol, Bryant Reeves.

In the latest Women’s Hoops And Talks podcast, Tara and Cassidy talk with Kat Jayme, the filmmaker behind Finding Big Country. The movie documents her search for her childhood hero, former Vancouver Grizzles big man, Bryant Reeves. She talks about how she got into basketball, how the movie came about and why it was important for her to find Reeves.

Learn how Jayme came to terms with not becoming a professional basketball player herself, how she combined her loves of basketball and filmmaking, and what she has planned for her next project.

You can watch the film on YouTube and learn more about Jayme in ‘Finding Big Country’: A story of basketball, fandom and heroes—a piece on Slam online written by Blazer’s Edge editor Isaiah De Los Santos.