Soul in the Hole: The Street Basketball Movie [DVD] [1996]

DVD. Feature film. Dir. By Danielle Gardner. Stars Ed Booger Smith, Kenny Jones. Theatrical trailer, music video. Featuring Wu All-Stars, commentary from Coach Jones, & interview with filmmakers Lilibet Foster & Gardner. Every summer in the thriving subculture of New York City street ball, neighborhood teams congregate in intensely competitive playground tournaments. This summer the team to beat is Kenny's Kings, and its star point guard Ed "Booger" Smith. Booger is the kind of player one encounters maybe once in a generation; an almost supernaturally gifted player upon whom Sports Illustrated bestowed the title "King of the Streets". The heart of "Soul in the Hole" lies in the compelling relationship between the charismatic and unpredictable Booger and his coach/surrogate father Kenny Jones. Over the course of one hit summer, Jones an irrepressible fire truck of a man takes on Booger, who teeters on the brink of what could be wild success or total destruction

Danielle Gardner's urban basketball film Soul in the Hole: The Street Basketball Movie, comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by basketball coach Kenny Jones, an interview with the film's participants, a music video, and a trailer. This is a decent release from Xenon Entertainment.