Sundance ’13: ‘Linsanity’ Follows Unlikely Rise of Basketball Superstar

In the opening moments of director Evan Jackson Leong’s documentary Linsanity, professional basketball player Jeremy Lin recalls the time that security stopped him as he walked into the player’s entrance of Madison Square Gardens. They didn’t recognize he actually played on the team and thought he might be a trainer. Those guys certainly weren’t the only ones who didn’t notice Lin, but the entire world was about to witness a meteoric rise unlike any in professional sports as the 24-year-old Harvard graduate went from an unknown to an international superstar over the course of only two weeks in 2012. Read on! Leong and his crew began filming long before the crazy hype began, telling the story of how Lin overcame massive odds to lead his high school team to a state championship, despite the opposition having eight players that stood over 6’6”. (Those of you who know basketball will know how …