🎥🏀On March 23, 1994 “Above the Rim” was released in theaters. The film stars Duane Martin, Tupac Shakur, Leon Robinson, Marlon Wayans and Wood Harris. Considered the conclusion to Barry Michael Cooper's "Harlem Trilogy" (which also includes New Jack City and Sugar Hill), the film tells the story about a promising New York City high school basketball star and his relationships with a drug dealer and a former basketball star, now employed as a security guard at the high school he was a promising

Sherwin David "Wood" Harris is an American actor. He first garnered attention for his role as Motaw in the Jeff Pollack film Above the Rim, prior to portraying high school football player Julius Campbell in the Walt Disney Pictures film Remember the Titans and Jimi Hendrix in the Showtime television film Hendrix. This month is dedicated to #fathers #fatherfigures #menteaching #menleading #blackprofessionals #artists #athletes | Black Table Talk

Wood Harris sits down with Carmelo Anthony and Kazeem Famuyide for a conversation that moves between basketball, acting and the discipline behind both. He breaks down how he really landed Motaw in Above the Rim, why hooping separated him from other actors and what it was like filming The Wire in Baltimore at a time when the city felt exactly like the show. Wood reflects on stepping onto set with Denzel Washington for the first time, feeling the pressure in that moment and why he believes sports