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Award-winning documentary follows the high school careers of two young men from inner-city Chicago as they pursue their dream of playing professional basketball.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Kartemquin Films
KTCA-TV (Television station : Saint Paul, Minn.)
New Line Home Video (Firm)
Fine Line Features
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Agee, Arthur
Gates, William
James, Steve, 1955-
Marx, Fred
Gilbert, Peter
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : New Line Home Video : [dist.] Image Entertainment, 1995, ©1994.
Subjects:
Sports films.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
African American basketball players > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Basketball > Illinois > Chicago > Social aspects.
African American teenage boys > Illinois > Chicago > Sports.
African American teenage boys > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions.
African American teenage boys > Illinois > Chicago > Attitudes.
Basketball players > Illinois > Chicago > Case studies.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (171 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Award-winning documentary follows the high school careers of two young men from inner-city Chicago as they pursue their dream of playing professional basketball.
Note:Rated PG-13.
Videorecording.
Call Number:GV884 .H657 1995 Video (12 inch) disc
ISBN:0780605659
Credits:Executive producers, Gordon Quinn and Catherine Allan ; edited by Frederick Marx, Steve James, Bill Haugse ; director of photography, Peter Gilbert ; narrator, Steve James ; music, Ben Sidran, Tom Yore.
System Details:Extended Play CLV (with chapter stops) ; LaserVision.
Participant or Performer:
Arthur Agee, William Gates and their families.