LOVE WEST Is a feature length, verite-driven documentary that follows the journey of a West Philly high school girls basketball coach, Beulah Osueke (o-sway-kay) who will stop at nothing to ensure her players actualize their fullest potential. They pursue a state championship during the dual crises of the global pandemic and the global uprisings to defend Black people against state violence. We highlight the life and legacy of Akyra Murray who was a star player taken as the youngest victim of the 2016 Pulse Tragedy.

LOVE WEST teaches us that the time to love fully is now. This intimate documentary holds love and loss in the same breath while challenging all expectations of Black womanhood. On this journey we identify the essential parts of life for Black women- community, joy, and the divine. We navigate grief as we redefine survival in a genuinely hostile world. And survive we will… with patience, perseverance, play and prayers.