Every loss is another fight.
A former basketball all-star, who has lost his wife and family foundation in a struggle with addiction, attempts to regain his soul and salvation by becoming the coach of a disparate ethnically mixed high school basketball team at his alma mater.
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Classical in form, spare, contemporary and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Ben AffleckJack Cunningham
- Al MadrigalDan
- Michaela WatkinsBeth
- Janina GavankarAngela
- Glynn TurmanDoc
- Melvin GreggMarcus Parrish
- Brandon WilsonBrandon Durrett
- Will RoppKenny Dawes
- Fernando Luis VegaSam Garcia
- Charles Lott, Jr.Chubbs Hendricks
Crew
- Gavin O'ConnorDirector
- Brad IngelsbyWriter
- Eduard GrauDirector of Photography
- Rob SimonsenOriginal Music Composer
- David RosenbloomEditor
- Gavin O'ConnorProducer
- Gordon GrayProducer
- Jennifer ToddProducer
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