Love & Basketball is a 2000 English-language Drama Romance movie written and directed by Gina Prince-bythewood and produced by Andrew Z. Davis, Cynthia Guidry, Spike Lee, Jay Stern and Sam Kitt under the banner of 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. In 1981 in L.A., Monica moves in next door to Quincy. They're 11, and both want to play in the NBA, just like Quincy's dad.. Love & basketball stars Omar Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard, Dennis Haysbert, Glenndon Chatman, Jess Willard and R. Lewis Blake. The music was composed by Terence Blanchard. Cinematography was done by Reynaldo Villalobos and editing by Terilyn A. Shropshire. The motion picture has a running time of 124 minutes. It was released on 21st April 2000. The Film was successful at box office. Love & Basketball was made on a budget of $20 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $27 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by New Line Cinema.