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Filmmaking and the NBA are not exclusive; MJ crushed those MonSTARs a decade ago and Elton Brand just produced a freaking Werner Herzog film, for Fitzcarraldo's sake. But the Sundance Film Festival, that might be something new for The Association.

Baron Davis spent Sunday in Park City, premiering his L.A. gang doc Made in America. Jon Saraceno of USA Today has a great, broad write-up on the film, including this passage from Boom on why he undertook the task:

"I grew up in a household where a lot of people in my family were in gangs and involved in drugs," he said. "As a child, I got to see, up close and personal, all the negative things. Instead of watching them on TV, they were right there in my household. But all I wanted to do was make my grandparents proud of me. I saw other kids that never listened. That's one thing I did. I used basketball as my (escape route)."

Baron Explores Gangs, Park City - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog