Amateur is a 2018 American sports drama film about a young basketball future star struggling with his personal life in pursuit of his dream. The film was released in the United States on April 6, 2018, on Netflix.
Premise
14-year-old basketball phenom Terron Forte has to navigate the under-the-table world of amateur basketball when he is recruited to an elite National Collegiate Athletic Association prep school.
Cast
Michael Rainey Jr. as Terron Forte
Tekola Cornetet as Stevion
Walter Anaruk as Coach Nguyen
Sharon Leal as Nia, Terron's mother
Brian J. White as Vince, Terron's father
Ketrick Copeland as Byron
Josh Charles as Coach Gaines
Corey Parker Robinson as Coach Curtis
James Siakam as Olembe
Stefan Frank as Petrus
Ashlee Brian as Anton
Production
A crowdfunding project for the film, then known as Manchild, was started in 2011 by director Ryan Koo. In 2013, a short prequel to Manchild was released under the name Amateur. In November 2014, the name of the film was changed to its release title Amateur. In January 2016, it was announced that Netflix had picked up the rights to Amateur to finance and distribute the film.