Happy Valentine's Day listeners - to celebrate, your hosts dive into one of the most kinetic and tender love stories put to film, in Gina Prince-Bythewood's debut Love and Basketball! Doubling as star athletes and conflicted lovers, Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps deftly explore the grief of professional failure, the loss of the family unit, the forfeiture of one's dreams - and never letting their love for each other die out through it all. Check up as we dribble through this film's magnificent lighting, novel narrative structure, and unabashed love for portraying black success in every department. As the ball rolls around the rim, stay tuned for an inspired Billy Beane moment as your hosts get off a thesis on sports films everywhere!
Roxane Gay's Essay - Love and Basketball: For Your Heart
