Heaven Is a Playground

• Director: Randall Fried
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Urban Drama
• Themes: Inner City Blues, Kids in Trouble
• Main Cast: D.B. Sweeney, Mike Warren, Richard Jordan, Victor Love, Janet Julian, Bo Kimble
• Release Year: 1991
• Country: US
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• MPAA Rating: R

Plot

Set in Chicago, Heaven is a Playground is about an inner-city basketball coach and a young lawyer who set out to save a group of teen-aged boys from crime and drugs by giving them athletic scholarships and teaching them basketball. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide

Cast

• D.B. Sweeney - Zack Telander
• Mike Warren - Byron Harper
• Richard Jordan - David Racine
• Victor Love - Truth
• Janet Julian - Dalton
• Bo Kimble - Matthew Lockhart

Nigel Miguel - Casey; Terry Bradley; Cylk Cozart; Kendall Gill; Hakeem Olajuwon

Credit

Randall Fried - Director, Patrick O'Hearn - Composer (Music Score), Gregory W.M. Bolton - Production Designer, Tom Richmond - Cinematographer, William Stuart - Producer, Douglas S. Cook - Producer, Randall Fried - Screenwriter, Rick Telander - Book Author