Basketball: A Love Story

2018 - USA - English - roughly 1200 minutes

This is a 20 hour documentary series directed by Dan Klores (“Reggie Miller v. New York Knicks”, “Crazy Love”, “Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffiths Story") exploring how and why basketball is so much more than a sport for those millions across the globe who play and/or are fans; for them, basketball is a consuming passion with the capacity to challenge, to save, to consume and to reward. Through a mixture of intimate interviews, never before seen archival footage, access to the greats, near greats, and those all but lost to history, Klores has created a novel vision. The series will delight and inform on topics as disparate as “signature moves”, The Celtics’ Mystique, Big Money, Racism, Celebrity, Black Power, The Olympics, WNBA, Gambling, NCAA, Size Matters, Fashion, The International Explosion, Pop Culture, Hard Work, Egos, Talent, Devotion and Fun. This series which can be segmented in 10 two hour episodes, 20 hourlong episodes or short form episodes between 8 and 25 minutes will appeal to basketball enthusiast and non-fan alike. Cinematic, Intimate and Universal, Basketball: A Love Story will entrance and delight.