TV series

Basketball: A Love Story

2018 · 1 season

A warm, sprawling oral history that makes you feel the game's heartbeat through intimate, funny, and moving stories.

Overview: 'Basketball: A Love Story' is a series of 62 interconnected short stories that creates a vibrant mosaic of the game, featuring 165 exclusive interviews. The cast encompasses basketball's most prominent figures and explores the complex nature of love as it relates to the game.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, uplifting and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Sport, ambition, identity, race
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: sport
ambition
identity
race
friendship
Places: big city
small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none