{"id":50762,"date":"2012-04-29T08:40:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-29T06:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=50762"},"modified":"2012-04-28T21:35:36","modified_gmt":"2012-04-28T19:35:36","slug":"doin-it-in-the-park-pick-up-basketball-nyc-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/doin-it-in-the-park-pick-up-basketball-nyc-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Doin&#8217; It In The Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC (Trailer)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/40780968?color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/doinitinthepark\" target=\"_blank\">DOIN&#8217; IT IN THE PARK: PICK-UP BASKETBALL, NYC<\/a> explores the definition, history, culture and social impact of New York&#8217;s summer b-ball scene, widely recognized as the worldwide &#8220;Mecca&#8221; of the sport.<br \/>\nIn New York City, pick-up basketball is not just a sport. It is a way of life. There are 700+ outdoor courts, and an estimated 500,000 players, the most loyal of which approach the game as a religion, and the playground as their church.<br \/>\n&#8220;You can play high school or college for four years. You can play Pro for a decade. You can play pick-up &#8230; for life.&#8221;<br \/>\nDOIN&#8217; IT IN THE PARK: PICK-UP BASKETBALL, NYC lovingly uncovers this movement through the voices of playground legends, NBA athletes, and most importantly the common ballplayer who all day looks forward to calling &#8220;next&#8221; game at their local schoolyard.<br \/>\nCo-directors Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau visited 180 courts throughout NYC&#8217;s five boroughs to create their debut documentary. They traveled to a majority of the locations by bicycle, carrying camera equipment and a ball in their backpacks. The film&#8217;s title refers as much to the subject matter as it does to the method of filmmaking, providing an unprecedented perspective on urban America&#8217;s most popular, and accessible, free recreation.<br \/>\nMain film characters: Julius &#8220;Dr. J&#8221; Erving, Kenny Smith, &#8220;Pee Wee&#8221; Kirkland, &#8220;Fly&#8221; Williams, God Shammgod, Tim &#8220;Headache&#8221; Gittens, Corey &#8220;Homicide&#8221; Williams, Kenny Anderson, Jack Ryan, Richard &#8220;Crazy Legs&#8221; Colon, Niki Avery, Milani Malik, and the Park Pick-Up Players of NYC.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Coming Summer 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOIN&#8217; IT IN THE PARK: PICK-UP BASKETBALL, NYC explores the definition, history, culture and social&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-dcK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}