Showing: Jessie Maple  
Twice as Nice

The second feature by pioneering director Jessie Maple is a wonderfully relaxed, comic portrait of twin sister basketball players Caren and Camilla Parker (played by real-life twins and NCAA basketball stars Pamela and Paula McGee) competing to be the first draft pick in the women’s professional league (here, the “MBA,” anticipating the future WNBA).

Jessie Maple United States, 1989
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Will

In 1981, Jessie Maple became one of the first African American women to direct an independent film with this raw, unflinching portrait of heroin addiction and recovery. Shot on location in Harlem, Will stars Obaka Adedunyo as the title character, a former All-American basketball star who has fallen from grace because of his dependence on junk.

Jessie Maple United States, 1981
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