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This completely absorbing three-hour documentary follows the lives of two inner-city African American teenage basketball prodigies as they move through high school with long-shot dreams of the NBA, su...( read more 
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MCT:April 13, 2008Uno de los documentales mas logrados que he visto. Los creadores pasaron an~os siguiendo la historia de dos "promesas" del baloncesto, ilusionados con llegar a la NBA. Pero aquello es solo una excusa para adentrarse en la falta de oportunidades y la desesperada busca de surgimiento desde los barrios negros mas pobres de Estados Unidos. Un ejemplo de como usar un tema (el basquetbol) para mostrar la vida en barrios donde las camaras no suelen llegar.
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MCT:February 25, 2008
Holy god, this is the most poignant and uplifting of all sports films. It makes "Rocky" look gay. The film truly transcends the whole 'sports film' genre honestly. One of my favorite documentaries is made by filmmakers who are actually engrossed in the subjects they observe; they spent over 5 years with two very ambitious High School basketball players....True commitment on the part of the documentarians, and a testament to Kubrick's saying that, with film, "time is gold." The picture never once conforms to hackneyed documentary conventions for audience satisfaction. "Hoop Dreams" is a work of art. It manages to capture all of the multifarious emotions and bittersweet truths about the world of competitive sports. Definitely in my top 5 documentaries of all time.
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MCT:February 22, 2008
A great documentary about 2 boys dreaming about making it big time in the NBA. It was very interesting to follow these 2 young men from dreams to...
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MCT:February 20, 2008A documentary that follows the lives of two teenage African-American boys who dream of one day playing in the NBA. It's themes involve poverty, racism, family, hardship, and of course basketball. As the story unfolds and the film evolves we get a close and personal look at these boys who strive hard and conquer their demons in their attempt to reach their goal, we understand that the basketball is not just a sport to them, but it's their lives. The fact that this was not even nominated for Best Documentary at the Oscars is shocking. It's a highly inspiring film and is worth the long duration.
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MCT:February 11, 2008
Hoop Dreams is a film that does something very special. It's belongs in a category of films like Rocky and Friday Night Lights where it makes you understand how important sports is in people's lives. It's a film that people should show in film classes (Hell everyone should be shown this movie.) How there are so many great and powerful stories in everyday life. Director Steve James' film is smart enough to show how the 2 boys grow and their own obstacles in life. I guess the greatest thing I could say about Hoop Dreams is that it really is what every sports movie should be and with a industry filled with awful movies based on sports (Any basketball or football movie with Jerry Bruckhemer's name attached to it.) this movie grabs your attention from the beginning and despite it's 170 minute length never loses it.
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