Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Coliau, producers of, “Doin’ It in the Park”, goes around NYC to film the outdoor basketball throughout the five boroughs in New York. They visit 180 courts in all five boroughs in 75 days showcasing the popular tournaments at Rucker Park in Harlem and Fourth Street in Greenwich Village. The film starts with interviews, videos, and history lessons and then shifts toward today’s outdoor basketball games at schoolyards, parks, and etc. “Doin’ It in the Park” exhibits the intense city games, teaches the basic fundamentals of basketball, and mostly interviews of the best players in the street also know as “asphalt gods” and their stories of how they came to be.

“Doin’ It in the Park” not only showcases the courts with high skills but also the lesser courts. Mr. Garcia and his crew records the game but also the “inmates hunger for their chance to play” as they wait off the side. Mr. Garcia also speaks with pro players in the N.B.A. who were from New York. He interviews one play name Kenny Smith who won two N.B.A. championships. Mr. Smith says that his “most vivid” memory of basketball is not his championship games as a pro but his first win a playground in Queens. Although this film recaps the shots that are highlighting material and not the flaws, it becomes a motivational video for the viewers.
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By Jeun Woo (Peter) Kang