‘SHOOTING STARS’ IS NOT JUST ABOUT LEBRON JAMES; IT’S ABOUT BROTHERHOOD

Subject

The power of young black excellence and friendship

Description

We have seen this narrative play out plenty of times before.

The best of friends grow up together playing sports, and want to keep a good thing going.

So they commit to playing together.

But this thing called life usually has other plans, and the once-tight bonds become fractured and frayed, ultimately ending with that initial goal of playing together, becoming part of the “If only we could have…” many of us carry to some extent.

And then there’s LeBron James’ story depicted in the Peacock original movie Shooting Stars, one in which James (portrayed by Mookie Cook) and his three closest friends—Lil Dru (Caleb McLaughlin), Willie McGee (Avery S. Wills, Jr.) and Sian Cotton (Khalil Everage) decide to attend a predominantly white Catholic high school outside of their neighborhood because the head coach was willing to let all four of them play varsity.

Their decision to choose brotherhood over basketball (the school in their neighborhood was significantly better than the predominantly white Catholic school they would attend), speaks to the power of pooling together the goals, dreams and ambitions of a few young men, into a life-altering reality.

“It’s important. You don’t get to see this friendship dynamic a lot,” said McLaughlin. “Just the whole aspect of young Black excellence…”

Creator

A. Sherrod Blakely

Source

www.ebony.com/shooting-stars-is-not-just-about-lebron-james-its-about-brotherhood/

Publisher

EBONY

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