| Soul in the Hole | |
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| Directed by | Danielle Gardner |
| Produced by | Lilibet Foster |
| Starring | Kenny Jones |
| Cinematography | Paul Gibson |
| Edited by | Melissa Neidich |
| Distributed by | Northern Arts Entertainment (US); Celluloid Dreams (International) |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Soul In The Hole is a 1997 documentary film about aspiring basketball coach Kenny Jones, his playground dream team "Kenny's Kings," the relationship between him and his players (particularly playground phenom 18-year-old Ed "Booger" Smith) and life in Brooklyn during the summer.
It won the Independent Spirit: Truer Than Fiction Award (tied with Errol Morris' "Fast, Cheap and Out of Control")[1] and was nominated for an International Documentary Association Award (IDA).[2] Named Top Ten Gem by Premiere Magazine; twice-named Top Ten Film and called "...The best film made about basketball--and about growing up black, male and street..." by the Village Voice . Selected in competition or otherwise screened at the Rotterdam, Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Helsinki, Festival des Femmes, New Zealand and other international film festivals.