Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams is about beating the odds in a world where the greater your achievement, the steeper the odds keep getting. The movie is about the risks of dreaming, of wanting more than fate may be prepared to give.

...this is the best type of documentary, giving an intensely personal story you can’t help but become involved in, and also raises fundamental issues about America in the 90s.

...slam-dunks the power of hope.

The sports stories develop headlong suspense, but the real heart of the film involves the scenes filmed in homes, playgrounds and churches in the inner city.

The triumph of HOOP DREAMS is that it celebrates the game of basketball while critiquing its corporate and social underpinnings.