The 2000 released romantic drama, Love & Basketball took in a worldwide amount of over 27 million making it the highest grossing film by a African-American female director at that time. Gina Prince Bythewood was only the third African-American women to receive a national theatre distribution, following Julie Dash with 1992's Daughters Of The Dust, and Kasi Lemmons with 1997's Eve's Bayou. Costing between 15 to 20 million, Love & Basketball was also the most expensive film to be directed by a woman of color to date. Since, Gina Prince Bythewood has topped her own record. 2008's The Secret Life of Bees so far as grossed over 38 million.
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