The Legend of Swee’Pea

A “mystical understanding of the game” made Lloyd “Swee’ Pea“ Daniels a New York City basketball legend by the age of 16. Christened the “next Magic Johnson”, his career effectively ended at age 21 after being shot 3 times in the chest after a tussle over $8 of cocaine. The Legend of Swee’ Pea follows the twists and turns of fortune in the life of a basketball prodigy: his dramatic downfall, miraculous comeback, and, finally, the bittersweet confrontation with a life imperfectly lived.

-Official Selection, DOCNYC Film Festival, 2015

-Official Selection, the Maryland Film Festival, 2016