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Hoop dreams
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agee, Arthur.
- Gates, William.
- African American basketball players--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- African American basketball players.
- Inner cities--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.
- Inner cities.
- Social history.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Chicago--Illinois.
- Chicago.
- Genre:
- Documentary films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 173 minutes) digital, .flv file, sound
- Place of Publication:
- [San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2016
- System Details:
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- Summary:
- 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 neighborhoods. This revelatory film continues to educate and inspire viewers, and it is widely considered one of the great works of American nonfiction cinema
- Notes:
- Vendor supplied data
- Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1994
- OCLC:
- 942851021
- Publisher Number:
- 1154457 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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