A film following the lives of two innercity chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional. 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. Joravsky wrote this book, so that every chapter it is either told through arthurs, or williams, eyes. Hoop dreams basketball club offers an extensive basketball season for the serious basketball player. 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. Here is the latest joint hoop dreams, produced by b. My children have been attending hoop dreams for 4 years. The 12part history features hoop dreams filmmakers steve james, frederick marx, and peter gilbert.
Hoop dreams will close the new york film festival on sunday night at 8, the first documentary ever to do so. You can expect to hear a handful of sports references, it crazy how much dope music has been dropping lately. Xvs rap artistry continues to improve with every release, something which is most. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.
Hoop dreams basketball camp basketball court 17 photos. Register for free to download this mixtape and others. Hoop dreams is a 1994 american documentary film directed and produced by steve james, frederick marx, and peter gilbert, with kartemquin films. Our lexington basketball trainer born and raised in baltimore, maryland, coach mike scott has made his dreams a reality through the avenue and opportunities of basketball. Hoop dreams is an easy read for students in middle school, or above. Hoop dreams has great footage and scenes, but none of them were storyboarded or scripted listen to the dvd commentaries to learn why they regretted filming a moment when the agee family loses power to their home. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Hoop dreams basketball academy offers the premier group basketball training in the bluegrass state. Mike scotts hoop dreams basketball academy is located in lexington, kentucky. 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. Hoop dreams scholarship fund is about building bridges of success while empowering the pursuit of dreams.
Arthur agee and william gates are the names of the two boys who were follo. When the filmmakers began, they planned to make a 30minute film about eighthgraders being recruited from inner. Two ordinary innercity chicago kids dare to reach for the impossible professional basketball glory in this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Carry heat like alonzo, a nine like you rondo then you hit the block, dikembe mutombo flew to the top fast, now you gotta drive slow yao ming out in houston with yo. Sep 16, 2011 have you heard xv s new track hoop dreams.
Twenty years after the landmark documentary was cruelly snubbed at the oscars, we take a look at where the principals are today. When the filmmakers began, they planned to make a 30minute film about eighthgraders being recruited from innercity playgrounds to play for suburban schools. Stream tracks and playlists from dj hoop dreams on your desktop or mobile device. This heartfelt and affecting film follows two teenagers chasing scholarships that hold out the chance of a. Jeff haleyguitar, bass tommy davidsonguitar, bass max brooksvocals, guitar jordan mrazikguitar. With william gates, arthur agee, emma gates, curtis gates. His main passion in life is to continue this tradition through his roles in coaching, teaching, and mentoring through hoop dreams. Hoop dreams has been running basketball events in the north jersey area since 1994. 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. It follows the story of two africanamerican high school students in chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players. Im talkin bout hoop dreams, hoop dreams my nigga had hoop dreams, hoop dreams some niggas ball, some niggas shoot when you.
Hoop dreams says a lot about african american life in particular and the united states society overall. Lives forever changed the costars of hoop dreams didn. Arthur agee has called hoop dreams both a blessing and a curse. 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. 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. Two ordinary innercity kids dare to dream the impossibleprofessional basketball gloryin this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Im talkin bout hoop dreams, hoop dreams my nigga had hoop dreams, hoop dreams some niggas ball, some niggas. Catherine allan, executive producer for twin cities public. Once again xv continues to drop new music weekly via his twitter. Hoop dreams hoop dreams, released 21 september 20 1. Finally, it is so much more than a talkingheads documentary. Xv hoop dreams mp3 download and stream livemixtapes. William gates, arthur agee, emma gates, steve james. Im talkin bout hoop dreams, hoop dreams my nigga had hoop dreams, hoop dreams some niggas ball, some niggas shoot when you from where im from, everybody wanna hoop im.
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. Hoop dreams, hoop dreams my nigga had hoop dreams, hoop dreams some niggas ball, some niggas shoot when you from where im from, everybody wanna hoop im talkin bout verse 2. Filmed over a fiveyear period, hoop dreams, by steve james, frederick marx, and peter gilbert follows young arthur agee and william gates as they navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic athletics while dealing with the intense pressures of. Xv s rap artistry continues to improve with every release, something which is most. And despite being famously snubbed by the oscar committee, it is the most successful and critically acclaimed documentary in american history, roger ebert wrote in 1995 obviously prior to michael moores blockbusters. Regardless of your age, skill level or position, training with hoop dreams will take your game and skill development to. 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. You truly feel like youre sitting in the same room as these people.
Bump the yellow brick road to sxsw, a new offering from xv, which was released on tuesday, march 20th, 2012. Lives forever changed the costars of hoop dreams didnt make it to the nba, but thats no tragedy by l. In january 2014, jason guerrasio has published an oral history of hoop dreams at. Good basketball sub, nothing to it press j to jump to the feed. Hoop dreams steve james steve james frederick marx 1994 filmmakers chronicle more than four years in the lives of two urban chicago youths in pursuit of pro basketball stardom. Hoop dreams is a story about two young men who want to become basketball players in the nba. The track was released on friday, september 16th, 2011. This film illustrates the impact of class, differential opportunities, gender and race. Senator john kerry at the 8th annual hoop dreams scholarship fund congressional reception on may 11th in the united states capitol building. Coach mike stone is the director and all basketball events are coordinated by an experienced and enthusiastic team of teachers and coaches. It comes up frequently in conversation with other documentary filmmakers. Jon wertheim leading off a historic benchmark tim isaac is the first to benchpress 800 pounds. Kartemquins gordon quinn, executive producer of the film. The idea for the book came from the documentary movie, hoop dreams, which is a true story.
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. Tryouts are in august girls teams begin in october and finish early spring march. This completely absorbing threehour documentary follows the lives of two innercity african american teenage basketball prodigies as they move through high school with longshot dreams of the nba, superstardom, and an escape from the ghetto. As such, stanley thangarajs desi hoop dreams is a muchneeded scholarly work on basketball in. To combat such stereotypes, some use sports as a means. On another level, it is about much larger subjects. It is a true, heartwarming story that is told, by ben joravsky, through the eyes of two kids named, arthur agee and william gates. It will open in new york next friday and around the country on oct. Im talkin bout hoop dreams, hoop dreams my nigga had hoop dreams, hoop dreams some niggas ball, some niggas shoot when you from where im from, everybody wanna hoop im talkin bout verse 1 dwayne wayne to dwayne wade, fire on him so hatin niggas that aint paid put fire on him but he was usa, jordan, nine on him the old heads he used to.
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