Love & Basketball
First screened in January 2016
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood. Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Haysbert, Kyla Pratt, Glennon Chatman, Jess Willard, Chris Warren, Naykia Harris, Debbi Morgan, Harry J. Lennix, Regina Hall. Screenplay: Gina Prince-Bythewood. Twitter Capsule:
Canny, expanding drama of choice with sport as governing but not dominating metaphor. Script and actors carry it.
VOR:③
Not a stylistic breakthrough, but a robust, audience-pleasing fulfillment of a recipe—the dramatic romance—studios have all but forsaken.
