He Got Game
The father, the son and the holy game.
Dramaprisonparent child relationshipforgivenesshomiciderelease from prisonbegnadigungaffectationcollegebasketballangrydidacticdramatic
A morally complex drama about redemption and fractured family bonds, where a father's prison sentence and his son's basketball talent become the battleground for forgiveness and second chances.
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Essence
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Denzel Washington
Jake Shuttlesworth
Ray Allen
Jesus Shuttlesworth
Rosario Dawson
Lala Bonilla
Milla Jovovich
Dakota Burns
Hill Harper
Coleman "Booger" Sykes
Ned Beatty
Warden Wyatt
Jim Brown
Spivey
Joseph Lyle Taylor
Crudup
Bill Nunn
Uncle Bubba
Michele Shay
Aunt Sally
John Turturro
Billy Sunday
Shaquille O'Neal
Shaquille O'Neal
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