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Sunset Park

1996 · 99 min

A scrappy, good-natured underdog sports story that mixes easy laughs with streetwise grit and a warm, crowd-pleasing finish.

Directed by: Steve Gomer
Genres: Drama
Starring: Rhea Perlman, Fredro Starr, Carol Kane

Tagline: You gotta represent.
Overview: A white teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined Black high school basketball team and turns them into winners.

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Directed by: Steve Gomer
Genres: Drama
Starring: Rhea Perlman, Fredro Starr, Carol Kane

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: sport
education
found family
class
race
Places: school
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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