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Elevate(2011)
Status: Released
Date: 2011-10-21
65%
4 Votes
Time: 1h 21m
Overview:
From a basketball academy in Senegal, to the high-pressure world of American prep schools, the film documents the extraordinary personal journeys of four particularly tall West African Muslim teenage boys with NBA dreams.
Languages: English, French, Wolof.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
sharp 7 films
Movie: Elevate
Top 2 Billed Cast
Video Trailer Elevate
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