“Canyon Dreams … is unmistakably beautiful. Powell is a gifted and giving writer, and his book is at once a reflection on youth and ambition and a fascinating chronicle of a town's struggle to survive in a world that's often cruel and hostile.” - NPR

““(An) engrossing, more expansive book….[Canyon Dreams] becomes a gripping, propulsive story about a playoff run.” - Washington Post

“In Canyon Dreams, Michael Powell transports us to a Navajo reservation with an old basketball coach who teaches the X and O’s of hope to a group of high-schoolers who have had little reason to believe it exists. It is as inspiring as it is heartbreaking: I couldn’t put it down.” - Joe Drape, author of the New York Times bestseller Our Boys

“Powell knows his basketball, and his game accounts are exciting, but the real strength of Canyon Dreams is the insight it provides into the unique culture of the reservation.”- Booklist

“Powell has a fine reporter's eye and sensibility. He talks to aunties and uncles and makes you understand why despite it all — the broken homes, the poverty, the lack of opportunity — the reservation is home. "Canyon Dreams" is a sports book, but one unlike any you've read before, and one that will stay with you long after the final horn has sounded.” - Minneapolis Star Tribune

‘Canyon Dreams’ has inspired a major motion picture directed by Sydney Freeland and produced by LeBron James, coming to Netflix and select theaters on September 27th

“ ‘We run fast, we shoot fast and we don’t ever stop,’… director Sydney Freeland’s modus operandi from the jump of her third feature … a genuinely rousing underdog story.”

- Variety

Early praise for “Rez Ball”

“ “Rez Ball” is a winner…Its performances are strong — Kauchani Bratt in particular, but across the board — and its tale is moving.”

- The Wrap

“Sydney Freeland’s basketball drama is a feel-good winner… a high school basketball team rebounds from tragedy and gets in touch with their Navajo roots in this charming underdog story…“Rez Ball” is the perfect crowd-pleaser, blending drama, comedy and the excitement of competitive basketball into a slick and heartfelt package”

- Indiewire