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Love & Basketball
Why this pick
A similarly intimate, emotionally candid romance about two ambitious people whose love must survive public expectations, career pressure, and the work of becoming fully themselves.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2014 1h 56m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Movies like
Beyond the Lights
Drama
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Noni Jean is a hot new artist who has just won a Billboard Music Award without releasing an album and is primed for super-stardom, but the pressures of success compel her to nearly end her life. She is saved by a young police officer, Kaz Nicol, who has political ambitions. Drawn to each other, Noni and Kaz fall fast and hard, despite the protests of those around them who urge them to put their career ambitions ahead of their romance. But it is ultimately Kaz's love that gives Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Noni Jean
Machine Gun Kelly
Kid Culprit
Aisha Hinds
J Stanley
Isaac Keys
Jonas
Tyler Christopher
Liam King
Deidrie Henry
Felicia
Estelle
Herself
Malieek Straughter
Billboard Awards Stage Manager