Love & Basketball (2000)
Director
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Main cast
Chris Warren, Jr.; Kyla Pratt; Sanaa Lathan; Omar Epps; Alfre Woodard
Genres
Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Description
A young African-American couple navigates the tricky paths of romance and athletics in this drama. Quincy McCall (Omar Epps) and Monica Wright (Sanaa Lathan) grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. They've followed the game all their lives and have no small amount of talent on the court. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Main cast
Chris Warren, Jr.; Kyla Pratt; Sanaa Lathan; Omar Epps; Alfre Woodard
Genres
Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Description
A young African-American couple navigates the tricky paths of romance and athletics in this drama. Quincy McCall (Omar Epps) and Monica Wright (Sanaa Lathan) grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. They've followed the game all their lives and have no small amount of talent on the court. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.
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