Filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood knows a thing or two about persistence after every studio and production company said no to 'Love & Basketball,' her now-classic love story that’s set in the world of varsity, collegiate and professional basketball
As everyone says, it’s a surreal time, but so far, all of us are safe and healthy. So, I’m hoping that continues.so much that my high school girlfriend had a ‘22’ chain necklace made for me a la Quincy’s; that was my basketball number as well. Have you heard hundreds of stories just like this one over the years?First of all, that’s amazing, and 22 was my number all throughout high school and college. That’s just amazing.
Once you finished the script and started shopping it around town, what happened next for the uninitiated?I got crickets. Every single studio and production company that we sent it to turned it down. I had a list on my fridge, and each time I got a no I would cross it off. I remember the very last one we crossed off was Egg Pictures, which was Jodie Foster’s company; I don’t even know if she still has a company anymore. [Writer’s Note: Foster shut Egg Pictures down in 2001.
What was the process of getting USC, ESPN, the LA Lakers and Sparks, as well as other notable basketball personalities on board? Did Omar and Sanaa film their NBA and WNBA footage at actual Lakers and Sparks games, be it during halftime or postgame? Absolutely. That was a big thing for me in the writing and also in shooting. I did want to show the disparity. I just remember when I played ball in high school, the girls and boys of varsity would play on the same night. The girls would play first and then the boys. I always remembered that our gym was empty; the stands were empty except for my dad and three other parents. By the fourth quarter, it would be packed because people were waiting for the boys’ game. That used to drive me crazy.
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