Dear Basketball (2017)

Directed by

Glen Keane

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

5 min

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 248 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man looks back on his lifelong love of basketball from childhood to professional career. He says goodbye to the sport in a short animated film based on his retirement letter.

reflectivenostalgicintimatebittersweetearnestgentlepersonalanimated

What happens

Dear Basketball is a 2017 American animated film written and narrated by Kobe Bryant and directed and animated by Glen Keane, with music by John Williams. It is based on a letter Bryant wrote for The Players' Tribune on November 29, 2015, announcing his retirement from basketball. The film was distributed online through go90. It carries the same name as Bryant's retirement letter, and was made in partnership between Bryant's own Granity Studios and Believe Entertainment Group. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards, the first Oscar win for any professional athlete, and the first Oscar win for Keane, a veteran Disney animator. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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