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Raise the Bar(2021)
Status: Released
Date: 2021-10-22
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Time: 1h 10m
Overview:
A girls' basketball team in Iceland push against societies expectations under the guidance of an unconventional coach, Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson. The team are ready to change the world, but is the world ready for them?
Languages: English, Icelandic.
Countries:
Finland,
Iceland
ProductionCompanies: 
Pystymetsä
Movie: Raise the Bar
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A girls' basketball team in Iceland push against societies expectations under the guidance of an unconventional coach, Brynjar Karl Sigurðsson. The team are ready to change the world, but is the world ready for them?
Release Date
2021-10-22
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