Killer Bees (2017)

Directed by

Ben Cummings, Orson Cummings

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a high school boys basketball team in Bridgehampton, New York during the 2015-2016 season. It shows how racism, income inequality, and gentrification affect the players and their community in the wealthy Hamptons area.

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What happens

Killer Bees is an American documentary film directed by Benjamin Cummings & Orson Cummings, and produced by Shaquille O'Neal, Glenn Fuhrman, and Larry Gagosian. The film chronicles the Bridgehampton School boys basketball team, nicknamed the Killer Bees, through the 2015–2016 season and ultimately reveals the significant impact of racism, income inequality and gentrification within their community nestled in America's wealthiest neighborhood: The Hamptons. Killer Bees was selected for the 2017 Hamptons International Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, International Sports Film Festival of Ohio. In 2018 the film was selected for the Sarasota Film Festival, and the YES Film Festival. The film was awarded the 2018 Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the YES Film Festival. Killer Bees was named Sports Illustrated's Best Sports Documentaries of 2017 and a New York Times Critic's Pick in 2018 after opening in select theaters in Los Angeles and New York City on July 27, 2018. Killer Bees has been streamed on Amazon, Hulu, Google Play and iTunes (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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