Mini-pod: I’m Just Here for the Riot

This episode of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features Kat Jayme and Asia Youngman, the directors of “I’m Just Here for the Riot,” a documentary film about the 2011 riot that occurred in Vancouver following Game 7 of the Stanley Cup between the Canucks and Bruins. The film, an ESPN 30 for 30 presentation, premieres June 4 at 7:30 pm ET on ESPN and will stream on ESPN+. In this podcast, the filmmakers discuss why they wanted to explore this subject more than a decade later; how they procured the on-the-ground footage; interviewing the rioters; people taking footage for posterity and vanity; the motivation for the riots; how ESPN become involved in the project; the Vancouver Grizzlies NBA team and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more.