LIFE WITHOUT BASKETBALL

LIFE WITHOUT BASKETBALL

WORLD PREMIERE After a controversial basketball ruling about head coverings makes it impossible for Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir to maintain her religious convictions while playing professionally, she begins training the next generation of Muslim girls at an Islamic school’s athletics program. As she reckons with the possibility of life without basketball, Bilqis fights to change the rules of the International Basketball Federation and become the first Division I basketball player to play wearing the hijab.

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2018 - LIFE WITHOUT BASKETBALL

 

Director: Tim O'Donnell, Jon Mercer
Executive Producer: Minky Worden
Producer: Tim O'Donnell, Jon Mercer
Cinematographer: Tim O'Donnell and Jon Mercer
Editor: Tim O'Donnell and Jon Mercer
Music: John Lindsey
Language: English
Country: USA
Year: 2018