Playas Ball Explained

Playas Ball
Director:	Jennifer Harper
Producer:	Jeff Clanagan Kim Olgetree Ruth Carson
Story:	Dale Davis Jennifer Harper
Starring:	Allen Payne Elise Neal Treach Chelsi Smith Jordana Spiro Anthony C. Hall Tasha Smith Tracey Cherelle Jones MC Lyte Gary "G-Thang" Johnson Jackie Long David Brown Matthew Hatchette
Music:	Eddie "Debongo" Ricketts Bruce Sterling
Cinematography:	Robert Morris
Editing:	David Flores Debra Moore
Distributor:	CodeBlack Entertainment
Runtime:	88 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Playas Ball is a 2003 sports, comedy, drama, and romance movie that was written and directed by Jennifer Harper and produced by Dale Davis. It stars Allen Payne and Elise Neal. The film was released on October 1, 2003 by CodeBlack Entertainment.

Plot

Allen Payne plays a basketball player who becomes involved in a sex scandal.^[1]

Cast

Allen Payne as Cedric Tinsley, a ball player trying to go from rags to riches
Elise Neal as Summer Twitty, Cedric's publicist
Anthony 'Treach' Criss as Ricardo Perez, Summer's boyfriend
Chelsi Smith as Jill Hamlin, Cedric's girlfriend
Jordana Spiro as Tonya Jenkins, mother of Cedric's purported child
Antony C. Hall as Lloyd Harrison, Cedric's best friend
Tasha Smith as Vonda, Cedric's sister
Tracey Cherelle Jones as Natasha, Summer's cousin
MC Lyte as Laquinta, Natasha's best friend
Gary "G-Thang" Johnson as Hakim, a chef at Cedric's favorite restaurant
Jackie Long as Georgie, another chef at Cedric's favorite restaurant
David Brown as Mookie, Cedric's second best friend
Matthew Hatchette as Nick, Cedric's third best friend
Pamella D'Pella as Kennedy, the bartender

Cameos

Judge Joe Brown as himself
Malik Yoba as himself
Paula Jai Parker as herself
Derek Anderson as himself
Scottie Pippen as himself
Dale Davis as himself

Release

Home media

Playas Ball was released on February 6, 2007 on DVD.^[2]

Notes and References

Web site: Playas Ball (2003). Moviefone. 8 April 2018.
Web site: Playas Ball (2003). Moviefone. 8 April 2018.