I thought this documentary did a great job showing the humanity of these players. It explained the challenges these players faced in the confines of prison, but the freedom that the sport of basketball gave them. I feel like this documentary did a good job at connecting the viewer with each of the players. The cinematography of the film was really good, using a mix of establishing shots, medium, and closeups to set the viewer in the environment of San Quentin State Prison. The film does a good job at showing how the prisoners are using basketball to come together and how they cope with the consequences of the actions that placed them there. The team they created is a community for these inmates and acts as a way for them to stick to the right path as they wait out their sentences. This film is also not necessarily a competition film. Although, it ends with the culmination of them playing the coaches of the Golden State Warriors, them winning competitions is not the main objective of the story.
Review of Q Ball
