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The short subject documentary Oscar contender\u00a0\u201cThe Queen of Basketball\u201d<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0tells the story of one of the greatest living women\u2019s basketball players. She won 3 national trophies, scored the first basket in women’s Olympic history, and was drafted to the NBA. But you\u2019ve probably never heard of Lusia \u201cLucy\u201d Harris<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A four-time NBA champion, three-time NBA Finals MVP, NBA Most Valuable Player, Olympic gold medalist, and inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and FIBA Hall of Fame, Shaquille O\u2019Neal<\/strong> is one of the greatest basketball players to ever play the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With today\u2019s news that\u00a0Shaquille O\u2019Neal<\/strong>\u00a0has joined as executive producer of \u201cThe Queen of Basketball\u201d, these two unique legends have come together for the first time to tell Harris\u2019s story, inspire the next generation of female basketball players, and open a national conversation about mental health and athletics. O’Neal’s former Los Angeles Lakers teammate on three consecutive NBA championship winning teams, the late Kobe Bryant, won an Academy Award in 2018 for the animated short film,\u00a0Dear Basketball<\/em>, that he wrote and produced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shaquille O\u2019Neal <\/strong>said: \u201cLusia \u201cLucy\u201d Harris\u2019 heroism has gone unsung for way too long and I am particularly proud of my involvement in bringing her story to bear. A living legend and a pioneer in both men’s and women\u2019s basketball, her life is a significant example of fortitude that is sure to inspire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lusia \u201cLucy\u201d Harris<\/strong> said: \u201cI am excited that Shaquille O\u2019Neal decided to join as an executive producer for The Queen of Basketball<\/em>. Shaq is one of my favorite basketball players and I have enjoyed following his career after the game. I truly appreciate having his support for this project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe Queen of Basketball\u201d<\/a> tells the story of Lusia \u201cLucy\u201d Harris Stewart, a peerless pioneer in women\u2019s basketball. She led a tiny rural Mississippi college to three national titles, scored the first basket in women\u2019s Olympic history in 1976, and was the first and only woman drafted into the NBA. In 1992, she became one of the first two women inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Yet, she remains largely unknown, even among basketball enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directed by Oscar nominated and Emmy winning filmmaker\u00a0Ben Proudfoot<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201cA Concerto is a Conversation\u201d) and produced by Breakwater Studios for The New York Times Op-Docs, \u201cThe Queen of Basketball\u201d had its world premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. During Tribeca, Robin Roberts hosted Harris on ABC\u2019s Good Morning America. Roberts, a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University where she was the top-three all time leading scorer and inductee into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, called Harris her \u201cchildhood hero.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film won Best Documentary Short at the 2021 Palm Springs International ShortFest, an Oscar-qualifying award. It has also screened at Hamptons International Film Festival, SFFILM\u2019s Doc Stories, and will screen next at DOC NYC this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Queen of Basketball\u201d won the 2021 Critics Choice Documentary Awards for Best Documentary Short and was included on DOC NYC\u2019s Short List: Shorts program of the year\u2019s best short documentaries. Today it received the Special Jury Mention in the Short List: Shorts competition at DOC NYC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film had a theatrical release in June 2021 followed by its streaming release on June 29 on nytimes.com<\/a> and The New York Times YouTube<\/a> channel. It debuted on the coveted Short of the Week site on August 4 and WNYC Radio named it the Documentary of the Week on November 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director Ben Proudfoot<\/strong> said: \u201cHelping unearth and celebrate Lucy\u2019s storied career over the past year-and-a-half has been a great joy of my career. When Shaq and his team reacted to the film with such generosity and support, we were blown away and just thrilled for Lucy. In a way, Shaq is stepping up to assist Lucy in having the career moment she never got. It\u2019s a special moment of solidarity between two remarkable players.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lindsay Crouse<\/strong>, the commissioning producer for\u00a0The New York Times, said, \u201cWe are thrilled that Mr. O\u2019Neal sees the same fearless spirit and joy in Lucy\u2019s story that made us want to share it with our devoted audience of Times viewers via Op-Docs. His willingness to use his platform to boost her legacy will help ensure it is seen and celebrated by generations of ambitious young women to come \u2014 ensuring they know a pioneering woman in sport who helped forge the path.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The short subject documentary Oscar contender\u00a0\u201cThe Queen of Basketball\u201d\u00a0tells the story of one of the greatest living women\u2019s basketball players. She won 3 national trophies, scored the first basket in women’s Olympic history, and was drafted to the NBA. But you\u2019ve probably never heard of Lusia \u201cLucy\u201d Harris. 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