Catch Steph Curry's Basketball Docuseries 'Benedict Men' On Quibi
Currently playing on Quibi is “Benedict Men,” a new sports documentary series executive produced by Stephen Curry. It started on Quibi on September 21st. New Chapters Every Weekday until October 1, 2020
Benedict Men is a documentary series that chronicles life at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, N.J., an all-boys school founded on one core belief: "Whatever hurts my brother, hurts me.” The series follows the school’s nationally ranked basketball team as they learn the meaning of brotherhood through academic excellence and sport. Their value does not lie in the number of points they score, but rather what they accomplish together as a team.
Jonathan Hock serves as the showrunner and executive producer.
NBA star Steph Curry joined "Benedict Men" as an executive producer and presenter. Curry’s company, Unanimous Media, teamed up with Whistle Studios, Entertainment 360, and Select Films on the production.
"Benedict Men takes an inside look at one of the most unique high school basketball teams in America,” Curry and Peyton noted. “It tells the story of a brotherhood of young men who seek to balance life in complicated surroundings. At Unanimous, we believe that there is no shortage of good stories to tell, and now more than ever, we can all use entertainment that uplifts and captivates.” - Steph Curry and Unanimous co-founder Erick Peyton
“St. Benedict’s motto, “Whatever hurts my brother, hurts me”, is something I know Father Ed believes in with all of his being. It’s a sentiment that everyone pays lip service to, but so few live by. I wanted to see if the St. Benedict’s creed could fit inside the gym door, where the stakes for every individual young man and his family are so high, and the incentive for self-interest is so high. It was a collision course of the values of selflessness we all want sports to represent and the reality of the values of selfishness that our money- and fame-oriented society rewards. That’s a framework for drama that I thought was very important to explore — where a basketball story becomes a story about all of us. What do we stand for? And what are we really teaching our young people?” - Jonathan Hock, Director, Benedict Men
