HE GOT GAME (1998)
While serving time for the accidental killing of his wife, Jake Shuttlesworth (Denzel Washington) is given a furlough by the governor of New York. The catch? Jake must persuade his talented high-school basketball-player son (Ray Allen) to play for the governor's alma mater. Washington plays the part of the conflicted father with a brooding intensity that gives substance to Spike Lee's dark and complex film.