Buy hoop dreams criterion collection bluray digital theater system, digitally mastered in hd at. 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. Life after hoop dreams video 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Agee is the second child and first son of arthur bo agee sr. The footage that is shown is sure to strike a personal chord with anyone whos been to a game. Recruiting out of the hoodracial issues coakley, chapter 8 3. Head games, was released in december and her new album the different sides of sexy is now available for download on itunes. Click the link below to download the discussion guide questions. 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. Life after hoop dreams 2015 04082015 us documentary 40m user score. We follow their steps along the path that will lead, they. It takes us, shakes us, and make us think in new ways about the world around us.
She struggles through poverty, resisting gangsters, violence and drugs while battling an indifferent city bureaucracy. Twenty years after the landmark documentary was cruelly snubbed at the oscars, we take a look at where the principals are today. Hoop dreams criterion collection digital theater system on. Had a family help pay for his tuition which also gave him a summer job. Steve james life itself snubbed 20 years after historic hoop dreams omission. Hoop dreams hoop dreams 1 2 3 4 5 6 the dreamis there life. With arthur agee, sheila agee, catherine gates, william gates. Watch life after hoop dreams full movie in hd visit this fortyminute program was produced by the criterion collecti. Ronald grant archive and then theres the sports sequences. Jon wertheim leading off a historic benchmark tim isaac is the first to benchpress 800 pounds. After having an injury his sophomore year which caused him to miss most of his junior year and some of his senior year after reinjuring it. Life after hoop dreams 2015 directed by steve james.
Mary thomas is a single mother with nine children in a rough chicago neighborhood. Download file to see previous pages this is seen in the movie as it entails the story of two high school students in chicago who had a dream of becoming professional basketball players. After the success of hoop dreams, james pivoted into a pair of narrative sports flicks with prefontaine 1997, starring jared leto as longdistance runner steve prefontaine, and. The dissolve oral histories dig up the stories behind the filmmaking scenes by talking to those who were there. A film following the lives of two innercity chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball. Life after hoop dreams, featured on our new release of the film, presents that footage, along with some new material, for. The last time i was in a documentary it was 2006 and i was a senior at marshall high school in chicago. Its all real life, following two young black men from innercity chicago over 5 years, as they hope that their street basketball skills will carry them through high. It follows the original basketball hero past his dream and into reality, examining where life has carried him over the decade, and taking a look at where he is today, as the torch gets. 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. I too would highly recommend hoop dreams to anyone who hasnt seen it. Originally intended to be a 30minute short produced for the public broadcasting service, it eventually led to five years of filming and 250 hours of footage. Lives forever changed the costars of hoop dreams didn.
October 17, 1996 vicki begs susan to sub for a pneumoniastricken player when her basketball team makes the playoffsnot realizing susan might steal. Hoop dreams director steve james honored at afi docs. Hoop dreams criterion collection, dvd, digital theater system, special interestdocumentary, sportsbasketball, 7155151414. Arthur agee, one of the stars of hoop dreams, asked if he could follow me around and. Life in an unforgiving white suburban high school soon surprises the boys and. October 17, 1996 vicki begs susan to sub for a pneumoniastricken player when her basketball team makes the playoffs. Watch hoop dreams streaming online hulu free trial. After 5 years of filming, the team had shot 250 hours of footage, which they laboriously edited down to 3 hours.
Telecharger life after hoop dreams film complet en. You really get a feel for what life was like for agee and gates growing up in the situation they did, how they felt people pulling them in different directions, and how difficult it is at that age to make some of the decisions they had to make. Apr 06, 2015 directed by steve james, abbey lustgarten. Hoop dreams this documentary follows two young africanamericans through their high school years as they perfect their skills in basketball in the hopes of getting a college scholarship and eventually play in the nba. Apr 06, 2015 hoop dreams is now available in bluray and dvd special editions from the criterion collection. Life after hoop dreams, featured on our new release of the film, presents that footage, along with. Joseph high school in westchester, illinois after being recruited.
But one more thing i want to focus on is the basketball games. During his younger years he lived in the north side chicago area. Original 1994 music video for the films theme song. A system that also utterly fails to prepare them for life after basketball. Nov 11, 2011 a system that also utterly fails to prepare them for life after basketball. Because we see where william and arthur come from, we understand how deeply they hope to transcend to use their gifts to become pro athletes. It follows the story of two africanamerican high school students in chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players originally intended to be a 30minute short film produced for the public broadcasting. Life after hoop dreams, a new documentary that catches up with agee, gates, and their families.
Hoop dreams says a lot about african american life in particular and the united states society overall. Hoop dreams is a fascinating documentary, filmed over a four year period, following the lives of chicago high school basketball players arthur agee and william gates. Hoop dreams by steve james steve james, william gates. William goes to an elite private school known for producing nba basketball great isiah thomas. Documentary chronicling the story of two ordinary innercity kids who chase the dream of professional basketball glory. Apr 06, 2015 in 2004 and 2005, the makers of hoop dreams, in collaboration with criterion, revisited the documentarys principle figures, arthur agee and william gates, along with their families, to see what had been happening in their lives since the films premiere in 1994. By the time the movie began filming, the agees had moved to the west garfield park neighborhood, which remained agees home. The story of hoop dreams was not over even after the film was released. Hoop dreams contains more actual information about life as it is lived in poor black city neighborhoods than any other film i have ever seen. Feb 18, 2015 twenty years after the landmark documentary was cruelly snubbed at the oscars, we take a look at where the principals are today. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Grad trades hoop dreams for center stage the lantern. Description hoop reality is the sequel to the 1995 documentary hoop dreams and explores what happened during the last decade from where hoop dreams left off. Life after hoop dreams the current the criterion collection. Hoop dreams is a 1994 american documentary film directed and produced by steve james. His dad was never really around until he heard his son was doing good in basketball and tried to give him a car. A hoop dreams sequel, written by gun violence shawn harrington, who appeared in the 1994 documentary hoop dreams and later became a high school assistant basketball coach, was shot in. College life after football coakley, chapter 14 the american dream is a hopeful vision of boundless opportunities for individuals to succeed. In 2004 and 2005, the makers of hoop dreams, in collaboration with criterion, revisited the documentarys principle figures, arthur agee and. Hoop dreams was originally intended to be made into a 30minute pbs television series shot over the course of 3 weeks. This fortyminute program was produced by the criterion collection in 2014.
It gives us the impression of having touched life itself. Her children thrive under her protection, despite the dangers and temptations. Dec 23, 2016 a hoop dreams sequel, written by gun violence shawn harrington, who appeared in the 1994 documentary hoop dreams and later became a high school assistant basketball coach, was shot in. Two ordinary innercity chicago kids dare to reach for the impossibleprofessional basketball gloryin this epic chronicle of hope and faith. The filmmaker behind hoop dreams and life itself reflects on his career. Hoop dreams is better than all five of the nominated films, and. Life after hoop dreams 2015 the movie database tmdb. When the film starts, both arthur and william are ninth graders from the inner city. 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 as the boys navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic athletics while dealing. Filmed over a fiveyear period, the two young boys 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. Arthur agee has called hoop dreams both a blessing and a curse. Sep 22, 2018 unhappily ever after s01e hoop dreams. Regarder telecharger telecharger life after hoop dreams uptobox franc.
Life after hoop dreams 2015 full movie download full hd. Unhappily ever after s01e hoop dreams video dailymotion. And yet, they still search time to celebrate the small victories along the way, keeping this movie from diving too much into an exploration in futility, and more of a life. Follow their triumphs and tragedies on and off the court as they cope with personal, family, and academic problems while playing in pursuit of their dreams. Hd life after hoop dreams online series hd series online. The documentary shows the human sacrifices made by black american athletes trying to live their dreams amid a nightmare. Lives forever changed the costars of hoop dreams didnt make it to the nba, but thats no tragedy by l. Life after hoop dreams 2015 full movie download full hd youtube. Two ordinary innercity kids dare to dream the impossibleprofessional basketball gloryin this epic chronicle of hope and faith.
Hoop dreams is a 1994 documentary film directed by steve james. Arthur agree and william gate, studied in a white, roman catholic high school called st. Hoop dreams is a compelling documentary which follows the life of two young basketball stars from chicago, arthur agee and william gates. Essays by author john edgar wideman and filmmaker and critic robert greene. 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. Life after hoop dreams 2015 changes the movie database. In 2004 and 2005, the makers of hoop dreams, in collaboration with criterion, revisited the documentarys principle figures, arthur agee and william gates, along with their families, to see what had been happening in their lives since the films premiere in 1994. My children have been attending hoop dreams for 4 years. After the success of hoop dreams, james pivoted into a pair of. Hoop dreams is now available in bluray and dvd special editions from the criterion collection. Kartemquin is sad to learn of the passing of earl smith, who was featured in our 1994 film hoop dreams an insurance executive who on weekends acted as a volunteer basketball talent scout for local high schools, big earl was one of the first people followed by the filmmakers as they began the project, and is one of the first people you see on screen.
A film like hoop dreams is what the movies are for. When the filmmakers began, they planned to make a 30minute film about eighthgraders being recruited from innercity playgrounds to play for suburban schools. With william gates, arthur agee, emma gates, curtis gates. During his younger years he lived in the north side chicago area near where the other star of hoop dreams, william gates, lived. It follows the story of two africanamerican high school students in chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players. Hoop dreams is a 1994 american documentary film directed and produced by steve james, frederick marx, and peter gilbert, with kartemquin films. It follows the story of two black high school students in chicago and their dream of becoming professional basketball players. Hoop dreams criterion collection digital theater system. A hoop dreams sequel, written by gun violence the new. During the filming, william gates kept very quiet about his personal life, and did not tell the. There are so many more moments in hoop dreams that have imprinted onto my memory that i cant possibly name them all. Hoop dreams is, on one level, a documentary about two africanamerican kids named william gates and arthur agee, from chicagos inner city, who are.