The Air Up There

Overview

Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.

Cast

Kevin Bacon

Jimmy Dolan

C

Charles Gitonga Maina

Saleh

Yolanda Vazquez

Sister Susan

M

Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole

Nyaga

Sean McCann

Ray Fox

Dennis Patrick

Father O'Hara

I

Ilo Mutombo

Mifundo

N

Nigel Miguel

Halawi

Eric Menyuk

Mark Collins

K

Keith Gibbs

Buddy Wilson

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