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Love and Basketball Gina Prince-Blythewood directed Love & Basketball with little experience at all. Having come from UCLA, where she ran track competitively, Prince-Blythewood had all the means possible to relate to this story. Since age seven, Prince-Blythewood was competing on team sports, being the only girl on the team. It is evident why she would make such a film, she wanted to convey the importance of female athletics, along with independence of women. The film takes place in the 80’s and 90‘s, and follows Monica and Quincy in their attempt to succeed in basketball. The comparisons of male and female roles are strongly emphasi