Overview Review Cast Production Credits Awards

Hoop Dreams Send to Friend Year Run Time 1994 171 min. Work Rating Attributes High Artistic Quality High Historical Importance Countries MPAA Rating USA PG13 Category Color Type Documentary Color Director Steve James Genres Culture & Society [nf] Sports & Recreation [nf] Types Biography [nf] Sports Race & Ethnicity Social Issues Flags Questionable for Children Profanity Adult Situations Keywords basketball poverty dream sports teenagers Themes Basketball Players Inner City Blues High School Life Underdogs In Training Class Differences Down on Their Luck Tones Intimate Reflective Atmospheric Deliberate Matter-of-Fact Understated Moods Only Human Food for Thought MPAA Reasons for drug content and some strong language Negative Format 16mm Produced by Kartemquin Films KCTA-TV AMG Work ID V 133403 Corrections to this Entry? William Gates  - Himself Arthur Agee  - Himself Emma Gates  - Herself (William's mother) Sheila Agee  - Herself (Arthur's mother) Earl Smith  - Himself (Talent scout) Gene Pingatore  - Himself (Coach) Isiah Thomas  - Himself (Professional basketball player) Dick Vitale  - Himself (Television sports commentator) Kevin O'Neill  - Himself (Marquette University head basketball coach) Bobby Knight  - Himself (Indiana University head basketball coach) Spike Lee  - Himself (Film director)

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