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Animated Short Chronicles Christine Sinclair’s Career and Pay-Equity Fight

Minimalist animation narrated by Ryan Reynolds preserves Sinclair’s privacy as a donation benefits Covenant House.

Canadian soccer great Christine Sinclair walks onto the field with her nieces Kaitlyn and Kenzie before playing a friendly against Australia in her final international soccer match in Vancouver on Dec. 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Overview

  • Knowledge Network released Christine Sinclair: Kind of a Big Deal as a sub-eight-minute animated short and has made it available to stream on its site, YouTube, Apple TV, Roku and Amazon Fire TV.
  • The film was written and directed by animator Eoin Duffy and uses spare visuals and tight narration from Ryan Reynolds to tell Sinclair’s story in a compact format.
  • The short traces Sinclair’s 23-year national-team career, her record 190 international goals, three Olympic medals including gold in Tokyo, and appearances at six World Cups.
  • It highlights Sinclair’s role in the long fight for equal pay that culminated in Canada Soccer’s 2024 agreement to provide equal compensation and benefits for men’s and women’s teams.
  • Reynolds waived a narration fee and asked for a donation to Covenant House, Sinclair says the project felt therapeutic, and the film aims to boost interest in women’s soccer and support causes tied to her family and foundation.