Love & Basketball (2000) has been restored in 4k for release on Blu-ray Disc from The Criterion Collection on September 21, 2021. The film is presented in 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound audio. Bonus features include audio commentary, deleted scenes, short films, audition tapes, and more. Love & Basketball is list-priced $39.95, now $29.49 on Amazon.
Director-Approved Features
- New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Gina Prince-Bythewood, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2000 featuring Prince-Bythewood and actor Sanaa Lathan
- Playing for Your Heart, a new making-of documentary featuring Prince-Bythewood, Lathan, actors Omar Epps and Alfre Woodard, Reggie Rock Bythewood, and basketball adviser Colleen Matsuhara
- Editing “Love & Basketball,” a new program featuring Bythewood and editor Terilyn A. Shropshire
- New conversation on the film’s impact among Prince-Bythewood, founding WNBA player Sheryl Swoopes, and writer-producer-actor Lena Waithe
- Audition tape excerpts and six deleted scenes
- Three short films by Prince-Bythewood: Stitches (1991), Progress (1997), and Bowl of Pork (1997), with a new introduction by Prince-Bythewood
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by author Roxane Gay
