Hoop dreams is an easy read for students in middle school, or above. 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. Hoop dreams ist ein dokumentarfilm des usamerikanischen regisseurs steve james. Hoop dreams nation is running our firstever esports tournament. Kostenlose englische download vokabeln zum langenscheidt vokabeltrainer. Roger ebert and gene siskel both named hoop dreams as their best film of 1994. The hoop dreams scholarship fund hdsf was founded in 1996 by susie kay, who taught american government at h. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Arthur agee and william gates are two very talented young basketball players that just want to work up to their potential. 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. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. Hoop dreams is now available in bluray and dvd special editions from the criterion collection. Hoop dreams subtitles 18 subtitles download movie and.
To combat such stereotypes, some use sports as a means. 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. However, it was not even nominated for an academy award. Im referring to the 1994 critically acclaimed documentary, titled hoop dreams. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost.
Two ordinary innercity chicago kids dare to reach for the impossibleprofessional basketball gloryin this epic chronicle of hope and faith. With arthur agee, sheila agee, catherine gates, william gates. 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. 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. Hoop dreams a documentary about the everlasting dreams of many young boys becoming an nba pro, for many also a dream of getting out of the ghetto, and to buy your dad a cadillac. Hoop dreams has the movie equivalent of allcourt vision. Founded by entrepreneur mike scott, a devoted and experienced basketball enthusiast, hoop dreams offers various programs focused on. 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. We will be releasing details for a second week soon, that. Hoop dreams provides a highquality, playerfocused approach to youth basketball training, coaching and fundamental development. 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. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Arthurs team eventually makes it to the state championships in. Following the reunion of the agee family, arthurs mother graduates as a nurses assistant.
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. Maybe not so much a story about basketball, but still one of the most powerful sports. 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. My children have been attending hoop dreams for 4 years. 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.
Throughout the film, there is abundant footage of energetic, intense basketball playing being used to appeal to the targeted young audience. Desi hoop dreams focuses on south asianonly basketball leagues common in most major u. Rent hoop dreams 1994 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. 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.
With james brown, arthur agee, william gates, peter gilbert. For nearly five years arthur agees and william gates remarkable lives were chronicled by a team of filmmakers. Joravsky wrote this book, so that every chapter it is either told through arthurs, or williams, eyes. 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. Hoop dreams is a 1994 american documentary film directed and produced by steve james, frederick marx, and peter gilbert, with kartemquin films. Him and kevin macdonald are my two favorite doc filmmakers because they can actually direct a feature also. 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. Kaufen sie hoop dreams the criterion collection gunstig ein. Have questions about an upcoming youth basketball training program in lexington. In 1994, the iconic film became a benchmark for documentary filmmaking and the godfather of the sports doc genre. Rhetorical analysis of hoop dreams by naomi ruffin on prezi.
It premiered 1994 at sundance film festival where it won the audience award for best documentary. 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. When the filmmakers began, they planned to make a 30minute film about eighthgraders being recruited from inner. Now journalist ben joravsky vividly brings to light all the richness. 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.
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. Jon wertheim leading off a historic benchmark tim isaac is the first to benchpress 800 pounds. Both are lured to the catholic and mostly white st. A film following the lives of two innercity chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional. Arthur agee stands at the site where his father was killed in 2004. It is a true, heartwarming story that is told, by ben joravsky, through the eyes of two kids named, arthur agee and william gates. 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. On another level, it is about much larger subjects. The first league will run starting monday, march 16 with finals that are live streamed.
Filmed over a fiveyear period, hoop dreams, by steve james, frederick marx, and. Rent hoop dreams 1994 starring william gates and arthur agee on dvd and bluray. The organization began as a oneday event, a 3on3 charity basketball tournament staged to raise money for academic college scholarships for kays students. First exhibited at the 1994 sundance film festival, where it won the audience award for best documentary, hoop dreams is the remarkable true story of two american dreamers. 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. Yes, the place is in a particular kind of neighbourhood. 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.
Digimon adventure last evolution kizuna digimon adventure last evolution kizuna 4. Family pictures are used to bring outside information into the story of the two young boys, arthur and william, that accounts for time. 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 picks up everything happening in the gym, in the stands and even outside. With william gates, arthur agee, emma gates, curtis gates. 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. At the time the hoop dreams documentary came out, americas fascination with michael jordan, basketball and the sports ragstoriches iconography were at a peak.
The film has been called the best sports documentary ever, and consistently is rated in top 20 best ever lists. Over 15 years ago a wonderful sports movie debuted. 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. It gives us the thrill of the game, but it doesnt cheat on. 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. Lives forever changed the costars of hoop dreams didnt make it to the nba, but thats no tragedy by l. Hoop dreams the best youth basketball training programs. Steve james essential innercity epic chronicles the lives of two young blacks growing up in a chicago housing project. Filmed over a fiveyear period, hoop dreams follows young arthur agee and william gates as they navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic. Our passion is to see our players thrive and develop both on and off the court.
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