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Dear Basketball

Dear Basketball

20177.20h 6mNR

Overview

An animated telling of Kobe Bryant's titular poem, signaling his retirement from the sport that made his name.

Directed by Glen Keane
Written by Kobe Bryant
Produced by Kobe Bryant, Gennie Rim
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Top Cast

Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Mike Breen

Commentator (Voice) (uncredited)

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Themes & Keywords

poembasketballautobiographyart

About Dear Basketball

Dear Basketball is a animation, history film released in 2017 exploring themes of poem, basketball, autobiography, art. Directed by Glen Keane, it stars Kobe Bryant, Mike Breen. An animated telling of Kobe Bryant's titular poem, signaling his retirement from the sport that made his name.

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