Gina Prince-Bythewood
Gina Prince-Bythewood was born in 1969. She married Reggie Bythewood who also is a film director. She had a few previous shows that made television such as “A Different World� and (even more popular to me at least) “Felicity.� Her biggest break came after she directed “Love and Basketball.� Besides working with her husband on “A Different World�, they also have a son, Cassius, born March 1, 2001.
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http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Gina_PrinceBythewood/186586#milestones Here you can find summary information about the movies she directed which also include “Sweet Justice� “Biker Boyz� and “Courthouse.�
The movie that I have seen that she has directed is “Love and Basketball.� This movie has two main characters, Quincy (Omar Epps) and Monica (Sanaa Lathan). They meet in grade school. Both are very tough and very good at basketball. They remain close friends until the end of high school when they start to date. They both went to the same college, USC, with a full scholarship for basketball. Quincy, of course, being the highly recruited in high school. Quincy decided to go pro before he graduated. Monica finished college but went international to play basketball, probably due to the WNBA not being established or not fully established. Quincy was having a “difficult� time until he injured his knee. Monica came to visit him in the hospital, which leads to the ending…which I won’t give away for those who haven’t seen it yet!
I actually had no idea that Gina directed “Love and Basketball� until I was scrolling through the http://www.sistersincinema.com/ website of Filmmakers and noticed “Love and Basketball.� I am said to admit that I did not recognize any of the other women directors or the work that they did. I had heard of “Felicity� but can’t say I have ever watched it. I didn’t have time to watch “Love and Basketball� again, but I will have to now. It will be interesting to watch the movie and look for the things that a women director would have added.
Comments
i did not know who made that movie before this post, thank you for that tidbit of information.
although the director seems to be an interesting topic of research, i cannot say that Love & Basketball was necessarily a must-see for myself, i did not think anything profound of it, nor did it linger in my thoughts much afterwards.
good post nonetheless.
Posted by: bokchoy | June 19, 2007 6:30 AM