2024 Sports / Drama Film Writers: Barry Jenkins The story of Claressa “T-Rex” Shields, a boxer from Flint, Mich., who trained to become the first woman in her country’s history to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport.

2000 Romance/Drama/Sport Feature Writers: Gina Prince Bythewood Monica (Sanaa Lathan) and Quincy (Omar Epps) are two childhood friends who both aspire to be professional basketball players. Quincy, whose father, Zeke (Dennis Haysbert), plays for the Los Angeles Clippers, is a natural talent and a born leader. Monica is ferociously competitive but sometimes becomes overly emotional […]

2023 Sports, Action, Drama Feature Writers: Keenan Coogler, Zach Baylin Adonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight.

2021 Sports, Drama 1 Season Basketball players, their families and their coaches get swept up into the youth-sports economy. They all must walk a fine line between dreams and ambition, and opportunism and corruption.

2021 Sports, Drama TV Series Writer: Ava DuVernay, Colin Kaepernick An exploration of former NFL player Colin Kaepernick’s high school years and experiences that led him to become an activist.

2015 Drama, Sports Feature Film Writer: Ryan Coogler Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) never knew his famous father, boxing champion Apollo Creed, who died before Adonis was born. However, boxing is in his blood, so he seeks out  Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) and asks the retired champ to be his trainer.

2018 Drama, Sports Feature Film Writer: Sascha Penn, Cheo Hodari Coker In 1985, Russian boxer Ivan Drago killed former U.S. champion Apollo Creed in a tragic match that stunned the world. Against the wishes of trainer Rocky Balboa, Apollo’s son Adonis Johnson accepts a challenge from Drago’s son — another dangerous fighter.