Director Luke Galati's newest documentary, SMOKEYSWRLD, follows the journey of Kymahni Bent, a highly touted basketball prospect striving for a Division 1 scholarship at a US college.

Bent is a longtime resident of Toronto's Regent Park community and speaks about his upbringing in the film, as well as coping with the murder of his brother Jahvante Smart.

Smart was known professionally as the emerging Toronto rapper Smoke Dawg, who was shot and killed in broad daylight in the city's downtown core in 2018.

The 21-year-old was about to release his debut album prior to his death, and was viewed as one of the city's rising talents in the hip hop industry.

While Smart and Bent are prominent names throughout Regent Park and the city as a whole, Galati wanted to focus on their identities beyond the music and basketball.

This focus includes the challenges to Bent's basketball path brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As Bent prepped for his AAU year to put his game on display for college scouts in 2020, the season was cancelled by the outbreak of the pandemic.

Despite the setback, Bent continues to develop his skillset and maintains hope that he can play basketball at the next level collegiately.

Through these challenges, audiences become familar with Bent's personal relationships with his siblings, mother and coach, and his ties to Regent Park.

SMOKEYSWRLD is part of the Faces of Resistance series for the 2021 Regent Park Film Festival, running from Nov.25 to Dec.2 this year.

More info on the festival can be found here.

Galat's other works include Eastern, a full-length doc about the Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute, its prestigous basketball program and the school's closure in 2015. The basketball program famously produced former NBA all-star and current Toronto Raptors basketball development consultant, Jamaal Magloire.