January 14, 2026
LOVE AND BASKETBALL (2000) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps and AFI Honorary Degree recipient Alfre Woodard, LOVE & BASKETBALL (2000) marked the feature directorial debut of another recipient of the American Film Institute’s degree: Gina Prince-Bythewood. The Sundance Institute helped get the film off the ground by inviting her to participate in its Directors Lab; after a staged reading...
February 14, 2022
AFI Movie Club Rewind: LOVE & BASKETBALL
LOVE & BASKETBALL, starring Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps, is the feature directorial debut of Gina Prince-Bythewood. When Prince-Bythewood wrote Monica’s character, she was inspired by the basketball players she studied and idolized as a kid – Lisa Leslie, Tina Thompson, Dawn Staley and Sheryl Swoopes. In 2015, Prince-Bythewood served as an Artist-in-Residence for the...
December 23, 2020
AFI Movie Club: THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY
Starring Taye Diggs, Regina Hall and Sanaa Lathan, THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY revolves around a group of college friends reuniting over the holidays as friendships and marriages are tested and long-simmering tensions reemerge. Watch director Malcolm D. Lee go "Behind the Scene" and talk about making THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY in this exclusive conversation. Watch cinematographer Greg Gardiner go...
July 1, 2020
AFI Movie Club: LOVE & BASKETBALL
LOVE & BASKETBALL, starring Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. In 2015, writer/director Gina Prince-Bythewood served as an Artist-in-Residence for AFI’S Directing Workshop for Women. Watch LaToya Morgan (AFI Class of 2005) announce LOVE & BASKETBALL: Movie Trivia about Today’s Film -DID YOU KNOW that LOVE & BASKETBALL is the feature directorial debut of…
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