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1 Love

2003 · 93 min

A warm, fast-moving celebration of streetball culture that plays like a love letter to the game and its players.

Tagline
A tribute to basketball in America from city streets to hardwood heaven.
Overview
From the Academy Award-winning director of When We Were Kings comes this enthralling tribute to the timeless power and magic of basketball.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • sport
  • ambition
  • identity
  • friendship
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
Leon Gast
Starring
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Runtime
93 min
Languages
English

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