Screenwriter: Gina Prince-Bythewood

Producers: Spike Lee, Sam Kitt

Relationships, sports, and coming-of-age complications mix together in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s well-crafted romance with powerful and realistic performances by Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, and Alfre Woodard.

Monica and Quincy grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. Eventually they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they find that while they’re in the same sport, the pressures, gender roles, and sacrifices are markedly different.