A shelter volunteer befriends a mentally ill teen who wants to try out for the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team.
Acting
Brian Presley's unhinged, committed Eddy performance
Writing
Refuses easy answers on mental health narratives
Director
Scott McKinsey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Scott McKinsey spent 15 years as a soap opera director on General Hospital—this was his passion project feature debut.
Released in 2004, it predates the NBA's serious mental health conversations by a decade; Eddy's bipolar disorder is named explicitly, which was rare for the era.
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