Heaven Is a Playground

Heaven Is a Playground (1991)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Urban Drama  |   Release Date - Oct 4, 1991 (USA - Limited), Oct 4, 1991 (USA)  |   Run Time - 105 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Set in Chicago, Heaven is a Playground is about an inner-city basketball coach and a young lawyer who set out to save a group of teen-aged boys from crime and drugs by giving them athletic scholarships and teaching them basketball.

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basketball, coaching [sports], inner-city, racial-tension, teenagers