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Two ordinary inner-city Chicago kids dare to reach for the impossible - professional basketball glory - in this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Filmed over a five-year 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 with the intense pressures of their home lives and neighbourhoods. This revelatory film continues to educate and inspire viewers, and it is widely considered one of the great works of American nonfiction cinema. (Dogwoof Pictures)
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This film said absolutely nothing to me. I like basketball as a whole, but watching these two guys try to make it to the NBA just didn't entertain me. It has its twists and turns, and it has interesting places, but why watch something you don't enjoy for three hours? That's just too much. I wasn't impressed with it as a documentary either.
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