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UNITED STATES · 1998

He Got Game

Spike Lee
New Black Cinema redemption father-son relationship college basketball incarceration corruption in sports
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Synopsis

A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.

Year1998
CountryUnited States
DirectorSpike Lee
MovementNew Black Cinema
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