CRITERION COLLECTION: HOOP DREAMS [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1994
• Genre: Documentary, Drama
• Plot: Two ordinary inner-city kids dare to reach for the impossible--professional basketball glory--in this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Filmed over a five-year perirod, 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 white dealing with the intense presures 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.
• Cast: William Gates, Arthur Agee, Emma Gates, Curtis Gates, Sheila Agee, Arthur 'Bo' Agee, Earl Smith, Gene Pingatore, Isiah Thomas, Marlyn Hopewell, Bill Gleason, Patricia Weir, Marjorie Heard, Luther Bedford, Aretha Mitchell, Shannon Johnson, Tomika Agee, Joe 'Sweetie' Agee, Jazz Agee, Catherine Mines, Alicia Mines, Alvin Bibbs, Willie Gates, James Kelly, Michael O'Brie, Dick Vitale, Kevin O'Neill, Bobby Knight, Joey Meyer, Frank DuBois, Spike Lee, Bo Ellis, Bob Gibbons, Dennis Doyle, Clarence Webb, Stan Wilson, Derrick Zinneman, Tim Gray, Myron Gordon, Steve James, Elijiah Ephraim, Eric Anderson, Bobby Cremins, Juwan Howard, Mike Krzyzewski, Rick Pitino, Jalen Rose, John Thompson, Chris Webber, Frederick Marx
• Director: Steve James
• Runtime: 2:52
• Company: Kartemquin Educational Films, Fine Line Features, New Line Home Video, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie