 I'm Bill Andrew Quinn with another essential black film. Writer and director Gina Price Bythewood said she set out to do a black when Harry met Sally. The result, 2000's Love and Basketball. The autobiographical tale stars Sinai Lathan and Omar Epps as next-door neighbors both chasing a dream of playing pro basketball before finding each other. The film was lauded as one of the few at the time focusing on multidimensional African-American characters outside of the ghetto. Love and Basketball.