Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find. He ends up deep in Africa, hoping to recruit Saleh, a huge basketball prodigy Jimmy glimpsed in a home movie. But Saleh is the chief's son and has responsibilities at home, since the tribe's land is threatened by a mining company with its own hotshot basketball team.
Unfortunately the movie The Air Up There is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Paul Michael Glaser | Director |
| Writing | Max Apple | Writer |
| Sound | David Newman | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Michael L. Games | Production Manager |
| Production | Robert W. Cort | Producer |
| Production | Scott Kroopf | Executive Producer |
| Art | Leith Ridley | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hope Hanafin | Costume Design |
| Art | Karen Brookes | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Dick Pope | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Tom McMurtry | Editor |
| Production | Rosalie Swedlin | Producer |
| Production | Ted Field | Producer |
| Production | Lance Hool | Executive Producer |
| Art | Brent Thomas | Production Design |
| Production | Don Finn | Casting |
| Editing | Michael E. Polakow | Editor |
| Art | Roger Hall | Production Design |
| Production | Conrad Hool | Co-Producer |
| Production | Ian Ross | Line Producer |
| Art | Alicia Keywan | Art Direction |
| Production | Mali Finn | Casting |
