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Hoop Dreams is a 1994 American documentary film directed by Steve James, and produced by Frederick Marx, James, and Peter Gilbert, with Kartemquin Films. It follows the story of two African-American high school students, William Gates and Arthur Agee , in Chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players.
It won the Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism, awarded by the Chicago Headline Club. Ben Joravsky's "A Simple Game" followed a public high school basketball team for a full year. [48] Published in two parts, a total of 40,000 words, it was reprinted in the anthology Best American Sportswriting 1993.
Passing Glory is a 1999 basketball-drama film produced for TNT, written by Harold Sylvester, and directed by Steve James.It is based on a true story. This movie stars Andre Braugher, Rip Torn, and Sean Squire, and features a speaking role by Arthur Agee, subject of the documentary Hoop Dreams, also directed by Steve James. [1]
Steven Burgo (seated) signs a 30-year lease in front of (left to right) BBA board members Ray Medeiros, Alekz Hirschmann, Preston LaBonte and Graham Gisherman and Dartmouth Select Board Vice Chair ...
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Hardwood Dreams: 1993 Documentary Wesley Snipes narrates a look at a Los Angeles-area high school team. [1] Blue Chips: 1994 Drama Nick Nolte as a successful college coach who violates the rules to recruit new stars. [10] Hoop Dreams: 1994 Documentary A pair of Chicago high school athletes try to succeed on the court and make it to college. [11 ...
For players from L.A., and others who relocate here, chasing a pro basketball dream often takes them overseas. Mike Creppy helps them realize a dream.
American musician Lewis Redner wrote "St. Louis", the melody to which the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" is most commonly sung in the United States, in December 1868 at the request of Episcopal clergyman and author Phillips Brooks, who had written the lyrics. Redner had not yet written the tune on the night before he was scheduled ...