Above the Rim (1994) on Netflix
Kyle-Lee Watson, a high school basketball player, is waiting on a Georgetown scholarship. A neighborhood tournament makes him choose between his coach Mike Rollins and Birdie, a drug dealer.
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Plot summary
Kyle-Lee Watson is in his final year of high school and counts on a scholarship to Georgetown. A playground tournament is taking shape, and Birdie, a drug dealer in the neighborhood, runs a team of his own and wants Kyle to join it. Mike Rollins, who coaches Kyle's school team, is the other man who wants him on his side for the tournament. Kyle's mother, Mailika, is falling in love with Thomas 'Shep' Sheppard, a former high school star who now works as a security guard at the school; Kyle resents him, and that resentment pushes Kyle toward Birdie. Rollins has asked Shep to coach the team when he retires.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Above the Rim (1994)
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- Allen Payne declined the leading role, which went to Martin; filming ran from October to November 1993, beginning on October 18 in Harlem, New York City.
- This was the last of Shakur's films to be released during his lifetime, shot in Harlem, New York City over October and November 1993.
- The film was released on March 23, 1994, grossing $3,738,800 on its opening weekend and $16,192,320 by the end of its theatrical run; at the 1995 MTV Movie Awards, "Regulate" by Warren G was nominated for Best Movie Song.
