Hoop Dreams
100
Two inner-city Chicago teenagers are recruited to a suburban prep school for basketball, and over five years their dreams of NBA stardom collide with poverty, injury, and the system.
Why watch: Began as a 30-minute PBS short, then grew to 250 hours of footage over five years.
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Cast
William Gates as Self
Arthur Agee as Self
Gene Pingatore as Self
Steve James as Narrator (voice)
Dick Vitale as Self
Bobby Knight as Self
Spike Lee as Self
Isiah Thomas as Self
Crew
Steve James — Director
Frederick Marx — Writer
Steve James — Writer
Catherine Allan — Executive Producer
Steve James — Producer
Peter Gilbert — Producer
Frederick Marx — Producer
Peter Gilbert — Director of Photography
William Haugse — Editor
Steve James — Editor
Frederick Marx — Editor
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