Hoop Dreams
Documentary • PG-13 • 1994 • 2 hr 54 min
Starring
William Gates, Arthur Agee, Gene Pingatore, Steve James, Dick Vitale
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Extremely impressive doc. Even if you don’t care about sports, the universal human experience is captured so perfectly on film here.
Fair warning, this movie is long, but it’s worth it.
I’s an important movie – maybe the best American feature doc ever made. The range of feelings you’ll feel here is intense.
It's not just a basketball doc, it's a microcosm of socio-ecconomic conditions as they exist in the USA, seen through the lens of basketball
A sad commentary on inner city culture where the only ambition for a successful life are hoops. Well done but consider the dark side.
One of the greatest documentaries I've seen, full of more drama than any fiction film could hope for.
A moving documentary about chasing dreams, while highlighting socioeconomic society gaps and the ruthless American education system.
A fantastic documentary chronicling the journey of two teens from broken homes following their basketball dreams — worth the watch
Hoop Dreams, is not only a documentary. It is also poetry and prose, muckraking and expose, journalism and polemic. R. Egbert.
Excellent documentary drama, superb and must see
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