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Hoop Dreams: A True Story of Hardship and Triumph
Hoop Dreams A True Story of Hardship and Triumph
Author: Ben Joravsky, Harper Collins Harperperennial
For nearly five years Arthur Agee's and William Gates' remarkable lives were chronicled by a team of filmmakers. Roughly 250 hours of film were devoted to their journeys from the playgrounds to high school competition to college recruitment and -- whittled down to three hours -- it became the award-winning film Hoop Dreams. Now journalist...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780060976897
ISBN-10: 0060976896
Publication Date: 3/13/1996
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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It was a good movie, and neither the back cover or the above explanation or Charles Barkley's introduction does the theme justice. The movie's theme was about there being more to life than sports, and that's what some people (and those that follow a similar story, "Friday Night Lights"), don't seem to get. William Gates went to Moody Bible College and is now a pastor and Arthur Agee heads a foundation for youth, the internet is silent as to how Agee earns a living.


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