Role: Director / Producer

In the pilot episode of HBO and VOX’s docu-series “Level Playing Field,” the story of Midnight Basketball revisits President Bill Clinton’s 1994 crime bill to understand how a few lines of funding for a youth sports program became the touchpoint in a racialized national debate over the decision between investing in crime prevention versus punishment.

Akil Gibbons directed and produced the pilot episode of “Level Playing Field” on the story of “Midnight Basketball”. Midnight Basketball revisits President Bill Clinton’s 1994 crime bill to understand how a few lines of funding for a youth sports program became the touchpoint in a racialized national debate over the decision between investing in crime prevention versus punishment.