I don’t remember the names of the actors and the main characters. I don’t remember the main plot either.
The film is in the drama genre. It was filmed either in the late 1980s or in the 1990s. The events seem to take place in the same years.
The film is American, the events also unfold in one of the cities in the USA.
I remember only one scene, one episode clearly.
Daytime. A basketball court. Only two teenagers or young men are playing on it. There are no other people on the court. Nearby on the ground are two large cassette recorders – boomboxes. One of them is playing some music.
A man enters the court and starts talking to these guys. He looks about 30-40 years old, he is white. According to the plot, he is, as far as I remember, a policeman. But in a conversation with the boys, he does not advertise this and pretends to be a drug addict. He asks them if they know where you can buy drugs. The boys tell the man that they do not know where drugs are sold. He does not believe them and behaves rather strangely.
He says: “It is easy to hit a round ball into a round basketball hoop.” Then he picks up one of the tape recorders from the ground and throws it up. The tape recorder – a boombox – hits the basketball hoop, falls through it and breaks to pieces. The boys are extremely surprised and confused, but still remain silent. Then the man bends down to pick up another tape recorder. Then one of the boys cannot help himself and says; “No need, this is my tape recorder.” After which, apparently, he gives the man the information he needs.