Ball Don't Lie


1h 42m 2008

Brief Synopsis

Sticky, 17, white, has spent his life being abused by pimps living with his prostitute mother, bouncing from one foster home to another, and living on the street between failed placements. But he's developed incredible hoop skills that have given him considerable social standing among his mostly bla

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Teens
Release Date
2008
Production Company
Night And Day Pictures

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 42m

Synopsis

Sticky, 17, white, has spent his life being abused by pimps living with his prostitute mother, bouncing from one foster home to another, and living on the street between failed placements. But he's developed incredible hoop skills that have given him considerable social standing among his mostly black peers. And he gets a girlfriend named Anh-thu, who loves him and wants to help him reach his dreams. Sticky sees basketball as his way out of his dead-end life and is determined to make the right moves in the game to attain his goal. But he doesn't quite know how to make the right moves in his life, until a bad decision leads him to confront his dark secrets.

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Teens
Release Date
2008
Production Company
Night And Day Pictures

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 42m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 2008

Released in United States September 2008

Released in United States 2009

Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (Discovery) April 23-May 4, 2008.

Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (Discovery) April 23-May 4, 2008.)

Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival (Spotlights) September 10-14, 2008.

Released in United States 2009 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema/FutureWave) May 21-June 14, 2009.)

Released in United States September 2008 (Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival (Spotlights) September 10-14, 2008.)

Straight-to-DVD release.

Released in United States 2008

Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema/FutureWave) May 21-June 14, 2009.