Desi hoop dreams focuses on south asianonly basketball leagues common in most major u. The filmmakers behind the 1994 documentary hoop dreamsand one of the subjects of the filmtalked about the impact of the movie at a recent screening. Steve james essential innercity epic chronicles the lives of two young blacks growing up in a chicago housing project. Hoop dreams is an easy read for students in middle school, or above. Woodson high school in washington, dc for over a decade.
Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Two ordinary innercity chicago kids dare to reach for the impossibleprofessional basketball gloryin this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Filmed over a fiveyear period, hoop dreams follows young arthur agee and william gates as they navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic athletics while striving to overcome the intense pressures of family life and the realities of their chicago streets. An extraordinary true story this documentary follows two innercity chicago residents, arthur agee and william gates, as they follow their dreams of becoming basketball superstars. Hoop dreams the best youth basketball training programs.
Desi hoop dreams focuses on south asianonly basketball leagues common in most they struggle against popular representations as either threatening terrorists or geeky, effeminate computer geniuses. My children have been attending hoop dreams for 4 years. With william gates, arthur agee, emma gates, curtis gates. Hoop dreams nation is running our firstever esports tournament.
Jon wertheim leading off a historic benchmark tim isaac is the first to benchpress 800 pounds. Describing the lives of arthur agee, william gates, gene pingatore, sheila agee, bo agee, curtis gates, emma gates, and luther bedford, the article summarizes material drawn from interviews and news reports published since the release of. On another level, it is about much larger subjects. With arthur agee, sheila agee, catherine gates, william gates. Filmed over a fiveyear period, hoop dreams follows young arthur agee and william gates as they navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic. It premiered 1994 at sundance film festival where it won the audience award for best documentary. The organization began as a oneday event, a 3on3 charity basketball tournament staged to raise money for academic college scholarships for kays students. Kaufen sie hoop dreams the criterion collection gunstig ein.
We will be releasing details for a second week soon, that. To combat such stereotypes, some use sports as a means. It is a true, heartwarming story that is told, by ben joravsky, through the eyes of two kids named, arthur agee and william gates. It follows the story of two africanamerican high school students in chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players originally intended to be a 30minute short film produced for the public broadcasting service, it eventually led. Rhetorical analysis of hoop dreams by naomi ruffin on prezi. A film following the lives of two innercity chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional. In 1994, the iconic film became a benchmark for documentary filmmaking and the godfather of the sports doc genre. Him and kevin macdonald are my two favorite doc filmmakers because they can actually direct a feature also. Hoop dreams painstakingly tempers the romanticism characteristic high school athletes by paying special attention to the many roadblocks that stand in the way of gates and agees dreams. One of the most critically acclaimed documentaries of all time, hoop dreams is a rich, complex, heartbreaking, and ultimately deeply rewarding film that uses high. Now journalist ben joravsky vividly brings to light all the richness. Basketball provided a great hook for audiences, but the real theme of the film the basketball dream as metaphor for how hard it is for poor people to achieve the american. Following the reunion of the agee family, arthurs mother graduates as a nurses assistant. Im referring to the 1994 critically acclaimed documentary, titled hoop dreams.
The first league will run starting monday, march 16 with finals that are live streamed. Maybe not so much a story about basketball, but still one of the most powerful sports. Arthur agee stands at the site where his father was killed in 2004. Arthur agee and william gates are two very talented young basketball players that just want to work up to their potential. At the time the hoop dreams documentary came out, americas fascination with michael jordan, basketball and the sports ragstoriches iconography were at a peak. Founded by entrepreneur mike scott, a devoted and experienced basketball enthusiast, hoop dreams offers various programs focused on. Hoop dreams provides a highquality, playerfocused approach to youth basketball training, coaching and fundamental development.
Shot over a 4 12year period, hoop dreams begins when gates and agee are 14yearold basketball prodigies. Hoop dreams is now available in bluray and dvd special editions from the criterion collection. Hoop dreams is a 1994 american documentary film directed and produced by steve james, frederick marx, and peter gilbert, with kartemquin films. It picks up everything happening in the gym, in the stands and even outside.
Our passion is to see our players thrive and develop both on and off the court. Beginning at the start of their high school years, and ending almost 5 years later, as they start college, we watch the boys mature into men, still retaining their hoop. Hoop dreams has the movie equivalent of allcourt vision. Family pictures are used to bring outside information into the story of the two young boys, arthur and william, that accounts for time.
Lives forever changed the costars of hoop dreams didnt make it to the nba, but thats no tragedy by l. Throughout the film, there is abundant footage of energetic, intense basketball playing being used to appeal to the targeted young audience. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. For nearly five years arthur agees and william gates remarkable lives were chronicled by a team of filmmakers. First exhibited at the 1994 sundance film festival, where it won the audience award for best documentary, kartemquins hoop dreams is the remarkable true story of two american dreamers. Rent hoop dreams 1994 starring william gates and arthur agee on dvd and bluray.
One of the most widely discussed and wellreceived documentaries of the decade, hoop dreams is a powerful and moving film that intimately chronicles the lives of. The hoop dreams scholarship fund hdsf was founded in 1996 by susie kay, who taught american government at h. Roughly 250 hours of film were devoted to their journeys from the playgrounds to high school competition to college recruitment and whittled down to three hours it became the awardwinning film hoop dreams. Over 15 years ago a wonderful sports movie debuted. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. In this story hoop dreams two young basketball players growing up in different areas, living in different neighborhoods but they both have the same dream. It observes, dissects, and records the life of two teenagers in innercity chicago, arthur agee and william gates, with such breadth and depth that it becomes a microscopic examination of human lives.
When the filmmakers began, they planned to make a 30minute film about eighthgraders being recruited from inner. Have questions about an upcoming youth basketball training program in lexington. Roger ebert and gene siskel both named hoop dreams as their best film of 1994. Hoop dreams follows two young africanamericans through their high school years as they perfect their skills in basketball in the hopes of getting a. It gives us the thrill of the game, but it doesnt cheat on. This brandnew minidocumentary combines footage shot in 2004 and 2005 with brandnew interviews with the filmmakers to give viewers an update on what has happened in agees and gates lives since 1994. Hoop dreams ist ein dokumentarfilm des usamerikanischen regisseurs steve james. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. This movie provides an excellent way for families to talk about issues such as race and class in urban america, longterm goals, teen sex and drug use, and. Digimon adventure last evolution kizuna digimon adventure last evolution kizuna 4.
With james brown, arthur agee, william gates, peter gilbert. Arthurs team eventually makes it to the state championships in. Joseph high school by partial scholarships and the hope that theyll become the next isiah thomas, the former nba great who remains the schools most famous basketball alumnus. Joravsky wrote this book, so that every chapter it is either told through arthurs, or williams, eyes. Filmed over a fiveyear period, hoop dreams, by steve james, frederick marx, and peter gilbert, follows young arthur agee and william gates and their families as the boys navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic athletics while dealing. Both are lured to the catholic and mostly white st. Filmed over a fiveyear period, hoop dreams, by steve james, frederick marx, and. However, it was not even nominated for an academy award. Hoop dreams 1994 has the form of a sports documentary, but along the way it becomes a revealing and heartbreaking story about life in america. Hoop dreams is, on one level, a documentary about two africanamerican kids named william gates and arthur agee, from chicagos inner city, who are gifted basketball players and dream of someday starring in the nba. Rent hoop dreams 1994 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Hoop dreams subtitles 18 subtitles download movie and. Leading up to hoop dreams screening in a newly restored print at this years sundance as part of the from the collection program, the dissolve talked to the filmmakers, subjects, and those in the industry who helped make a 30minute pbs piece into a landmark film.
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