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Dear Basketball - A Kobe Bryant Film

March 20, 2017

Director Glen Keane

Genre Animation | Short | Biography

Cast Kobe Bryant (Narrator)

Rating Unrated

Release Date April 23rd, 2017

“An animated telling of Kobe Bryant’s poem ‘Dear Basketball’.”
“This OSCAR and EMMY Award-winning short film brings Kobe Bryant’s renowned retirement poem to life as stunning, hand-drawn animation. The film embodies Kobe’s love, passion, and gratitude for the game and celebrates the importance of dreaming big, hard work, and perseverance. Directed and animated by OSCAR-winning Disney legend Glen Keane, and scored by iconic, OSCAR-winning composer John Williams.”

Check the full-version of Kobe Bryan’s animated short film Dear Basketball below!! Also below is Bryant’s Oscar acceptance speech.

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