Red Sneakers

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(2002)

Dempsey Pappion, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Gregory Hines, Jordan Walker, Makyla Smith. Pappion plays Reggie, an A-student and manager of the high school basketball team. One day he meets a junk dealer who gives him pair of old red high-top canvass basketball sneakers that supposedly once belonged to a star in the 1930s Negro basketball leagues. Wearing the old shoes, Reggie becomes the team's go-to player. But success brings trouble, as a major sports shoe company offers him a wad of money to endorse and wear the company's shoes. If Reggie switches shoes, will he be back to riding the bench? Hines also directed this TV-movie.