A town where your neighbor's kid is statistically more likely to hit the NBA than you are to finish grad school.
1 in 52 players from Kinston High make it to the NBA, the most per capita in the world. Where basketball provides a way out for many with otherwise limited opportunities, something is definitely in the water in Kinston, NC.
Direction
Mizelle packs a feature's worth of heart into 25 tight minutes.
Editing
Seamlessly weaves archival glory with present-day grind.
Director
Marcus Mizelle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kinston's pipeline includes Jerry Stackhouse, Brandon Ingram, and Cedric Maxwell—three eras, one gym. The town's population is under 20,000.
Director Marcus Mizelle stumbled on Kinston while researching another project and reportedly scrapped his original film after one pickup game.
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