Hoop Dreams . Tucson Weekly . 02-09-95

Hoop Dreams

DIRECTED BY: Steve James

REVIEWED: 02-09-95

This thorough documentary spends five years following the lives of Arthur Agee and William Gates, two ghetto-raised basketball hopefuls who struggle to get through the grueling processes of high-school competition and college recruitment. Their dream, to make it to the NBA, is constantly at odds with knee injuries, low grades, financial problems and family disharmony. The filmmakers' dogged commitment to observing these complications makes the picture a fascinating document of the ways real lives can be consumed by sports, with results both positive and negative.

--Zachary Woodruff

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