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Overview
Review
Cast
Production Credits
Awards
Hoop Dreams
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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
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