Heaven Is a Playground

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Heaven Is a Playground ★★½ 1991 (R)

On Chicago's South Side an inner city basketball coach and an idealistic young lawyer are determined to change the fate of a group of high school boys. The men use the incentive of athletic scholarships to keep their team in school and away from drugs and gangs. 104m/C VHS, DVD . D.B. Sweeney, Michael Warren, Richard Jordan, Victor Love; D: Randall Fried; W: Randall Fried; C: Tom Richmond; M: Patrick O'Hearn.