sonicsgate



Official site for the documentary film "Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team." Own a piece of history with this newly revamped version released in 2012 for national TV, DVD and digital distribution. DVD includes over 20 minutes of bonus features.

Update to the 2010 Webby Award-winner for BEST SPORTS FILM. This riveting documentary shows how a perfect storm of corporate greed, political impotence and the sports-industrial complex scandalously ripped the Sonics away from Seattle in 2008.

National TV Broadcast

The May 14 broadcast has been rescheduled. Please stay tuned for future air times.
updated for 1-hour prime time slot
  • new interviews with Sonics legend Shawn Kemp and Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament
  • new archival footage, photos and evidence
  • stunning new graphics and visual effects


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DVD Includes   


  • 7 bonus features
  • digital copy
  • 65min total runtime
$9 99

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Sonicsgate: Requiem for a Team
Documentary  |  2012  |  43 min
Update to the Webby Award winner exploring how politics, business, and the sports-industrial complex contributed to the Seattle Sonics relocation to Oklahoma City after a heated legal battle in 2008.

Starring: Gary Payton, Sherman Alexie, George Karl, Kevin Calabro, Wally Walker