Filmmaker Statement

In Spring 2019, Taurean Spears passed away from heart complications on the basketball court at Cooper Park Houses in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. Taurean was an essential member of the community. He worked as a Youth Council Specialist and Athletics Supervisor at the Cooper Park Houses community center and touched the lives of everyone he met. Basketball was a huge part of his life, and he used it as a tool for mentoring kids and maintaining a sense of community with his many friends and family. After his passing, those who loved him, lead by Melsun Fulton (Producer), began a basketball league in his honor, E4T (Everything for Taurean). This film serves as both an ode to Taurean's life, as well as a tool to raise awareness for the league and to gain steam with NYC politicians so the name of the court on which E4T is played, can be changed by the city to Taurean Spears Courts. So far, we have screened the film for city council members and the Brooklyn Borough President himself.