Dear Basketball is a 2017 American animated film written and narrated by Kobe Bryant. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards. The film is based on a letter Bryant wrote for The Players’ Tribune on November 29, 2015, announcing his retirement from basketball.
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Dear Basketball is a 2017 American animated film written and narrated by Kobe Bryant and directed and animated by Glen Keane. The film is based on a letter Bryant wrote for The Players’ Tribune on November 29, 2015, announcing his retirement from basketball. The short film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards, marking the first Oscar win for any professional athlete. It was shown in Epcot at Walt Disney World in March 2017.
As of June 2020, the film holds a 69% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 13 reviews with an average rating of 6. 6 out of 10. It won Best Traditional Animation and Special Jury Award at the 2017 World Animation Celebration International Film Festival held at Sony Pictures Animation. The short was included in The Animation Showcase world touring screening 2018.
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