Hoop dreams in our writers favourite films series, christian bennett explains why the story of two teenagers aiming to make it big in basketball is a slam dunk of a documentary. Hoop dreams out front of a restaraunt named go on st. We also learn the somewhat different meanings of those words to their. A struggle would be meaningless without a triumph to look forward to. It gives us the thrill of the game, but it doesnt cheat on. This documentary follows two young africanamericans through their high school years as they perfect their skills in basketball in the hopes of. Hoop dreams original motion picture soundtrack licensed to youtube by merlin idol distribution on behalf of go jazz. Aug 26, 2016 the character of this song is the basketball player as can be deduced from the posts tagged the other side of paradise on glass animals tumblr page. Hoop dreams is a richly human and profoundly american film. Im doing a hoop dreams clothing line, im running the arthur agee role model foundation, i do a hoop dreams curriculum and show the movie across the country to different schools. A film following the lives of two innercity chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball.
When the filmmakers began, they planned to make a 30minute film about eighthgraders being recruited from innercity playgrounds to play for suburban schools. Oct 20, 2019 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. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hoop dreams 2. True story of hardship and triumph, the joravsky, ben on. The influence of hoop dreams, twenty five years later time.
Arthur agee after his marshall team wins in the illinois state high school basketball tournament. There would be no triumph without the precipitating struggle. Hoop dreams is a complex film that deeply explores the hopes and pitfalls of innercity life, leaving the viewer with a number of troubling questions about the future of thousands of young men like arthur and william. 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 made a big splash when it was released in 1994, and there was a big controversy around academy award time when it was deemed ineligible in the best documentary category. Working from multiple elements, including standard definition video masters and a 35mm. The directors purpose of the film was to show that where you come from does not matter, and it isnt going to depict where you end up in life. It likely would have won had it been nominated, and it ranks right up there among some of the best documentaries of all time. Finally, the hoop dreams script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the steve james basketball movie about arthur agee and william gates.
Various hoop dreams original motion picture soundtrack. Hoop dreams the best youth basketball training programs in. Many people seem to forget that great people come out of the slums. Rent hoop dreams 1994 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Hoop dreams the best youth basketball training programs. A few years earlier, i had been a kid with bad knees and an awkward jump shot, with teenage delusions that i could. A film following the lives of two innercity chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
Find out where to watch, buy, and rent hoop dreams online on moviefone. Two ordinary innercity chicago kids dare to reach for the impossibleprofessional basketball gloryin this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Sep 04, 2016 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. The entirety of hoop dreams, which appeared at the top of the best documentaries list i posted yesterday, is available on hulu to watch for free. Hoop dream information the meaning behind hoop dreams. It premiered 1994 at sundance film festival where it won the audience award for best documentary. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Hoop dreams is the most powerful movie about sports ever made. Coach mike stone is the director and all basketball events are coordinated by an experienced and enthusiastic team of teachers and coaches. Desi hoop dreams focuses on south asianonly basketball leagues common in most major u. Compiled from more than 250 hours of footage shot over five years, this extraordinary documentary about two chicago teenagers. To jump through, or see others jumping through hoops, denotes you will have discouraging outlooks, but you will overcome them with decisive victory. Hoop dreams is a story about two young men who want to become basketball players in the nba. Rhetorical analysis of hoop dreams by naomi ruffin on prezi.
In the following years, more camps were added and in 2005 the club emerged with a traveling basketball team of 4th and 5th grade boys. I remember when it first came out, vhs was the thing, he said, smiling wide. No matter how unattainable that may beit is necessary to our survival. Hoop dream dictionary to dream of a hoop, foretells you will form influential friendships. To dream of a hoop, foretells you will form influential friendships. You really get a feel for what life was like for agee and gates growing up in the situation they did, how they felt people pulling them in different directions, and how difficult it is at that age to make some of the decisions they had to make. May 21, 2011 hoop dreams original motion picture soundtrack licensed to youtube by merlin idol distribution on behalf of go jazz.
On another level, it is about much larger subjects. Our mission is teaching children how to live a healthy lifestyle through recreation, while learning how to be leaders, growing emotionally and socially through peer interaction. You see, we struggle the hardest when there is a purpose, a light at the end of the tunnel. Hoop dreams has the movie equivalent of allcourt vision. As hoop dreams unfolds, williams story winds up complementing. Im talkin bout hoop dreams, hoop dreams my nigga had hoop dreams, hoop dreams some niggas ball, some niggas shoot when you.
And if you dont think thats amazing, gates puts it in perspective for you. This heartfelt and affecting film follows two teenagers chasing scholarships that hold out the chance of a. Mar 30, 2015 hoop dreams has been minted and reminted as an essential touchstone and called one of the greatest sports films ever made, but does it remain a vital work of cinema. Glass animals the other side of paradise lyrics genius.
May 16, 2014 hoop dreams tells the remarkable true story of two american dreamers plucked from poverty and given the opportunity to attend a suburban prep school and play for a legendary high school basketball. A video to the song hoop dreams by teengirl fantasy clips are from cosmos, pakeezah, disco dancer, and deewar. 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. Throughout the film, there is abundant footage of energetic, intense basketball playing being used to appeal to the targeted young audience. I too would highly recommend hoop dreams to anyone who hasnt seen it. Filmed over a fiveyear period, hoop dreams follows young arthur agee and william gates as they navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic. The character of this song is the basketball player as can be deduced from the posts tagged the other side of paradise on glass animals tumblr page. The idea for the book came from the documentary movie, hoop dreams, which is a true story.
Apr 01, 2015 william gates doesnt have to ponder long to know just how amazing the journey has been. It picks up everything happening in the gym, in the stands and even outside. Hoop dreams 1994 stream and watch online moviefone. 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. May 09, 2005 hoop dreams conveys the particular seductiveness and resonance of this dream for two talented chicago teenagers, but the documentary also stocks bigger game. Founded by entrepreneur mike scott, a devoted and experienced basketball enthusiast, hoop dreams offers various programs focused on. Hoop dreams is a 1994 american documentary film directed and produced by steve james. 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. With william gates, arthur agee, emma gates, curtis gates.
Hoop dreams definition,meaning online encyclopedia. With the 20th anniversary of the film, its not like one of us is in jailit turned out great for me. A look back at how a basketball documentary inspired a new. Hoop dreams provides a highquality, playerfocused approach to youth basketball training, coaching and fundamental development. An oral history of hoop dreams, 20 years after its premiere. Hoop dreams has been running basketball events in the north jersey area since 1994. It follows the story of two africanamerican high school students in chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players. Hoop dreams script transcript from the screenplay andor. Family pictures are used to bring outside information into the story of the two young boys, arthur and william, that accounts for time. Arthur agee and william gates are the names of the two boys who were follo.
Our passion is to see our players thrive and develop both on and off the court. Him and kevin macdonald are my two favorite doc filmmakers because they can actually direct a feature also. Nov 10, 2009 hoop dreams is about the struggle, and the triumph. To combat such stereotypes, some use sports as a means of performing a distinctly american masculinity. Hoop dreams, hoop dreams hoop dreams i used to have hoop dreams, just like lebron but now im in a six speed, im on the run i swear i had this, world in my hand when i was. Rent hoop dreams 1994 starring william gates and arthur agee on dvd and bluray. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of hoop dreams. He even started a hoop dreams clothing line in the mid2000s with the slogan control your. The hoop dreams basketball club began in 2002 with the roberto bergersens basketball camp. 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. The first time i saw hoop dreams, i was mesmerized and inspired.
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