High Flying Bird

An NBA lockout is underway in HIGH FLYING BIRD. Sports agent Ray Burke (Andre Holland) is at the center of the ongoing turmoil. He works for a primo sports agency. His boss (Zachary Quinto) is ineffective and punishing Ray in frustration. His newest high-profile client, Erick (Melvin Gregg), is scared and making some big mistakes as he fights for the career he hasn’t even started. His now “ex” assistant Sam (Zazie Betts) is looking out for herself despite her gratitude to Ray. The ranking NBA owner (Kyle MacLachlan) and the players’ union rep (Sonja Sohn) are in a stand-off. And his friend and mentor Spence (Bill Duke) is cautioning Ray about the insidiousness of black exploitation at the heart of the professional sports world. Negotiating the escalating chaos and the competing personal loyalties is almost more than he can handle. But Ray, who always seems to maneuver around whatever comes his way, even when his corporate credit card is declined, hasn’t revealed his most lethal mid-court shot. He’s saving that for less than a second before the buzzer.