Hoop Dreams

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Hoop Dreams is a critically acclaimed 1994 documentary film that follows the lives of two Chicago teenagers pursuing their aspirations of becoming professional basketball players.

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instanceOf documentary film
sports documentary
awardReceived Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary NERFINISHED
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Documentary NERFINISHED
Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary NERFINISHED
Sundance Film Festival Best Documentary NERFINISHED
basedOn real events
cinematographyBy Peter Gilbert NERFINISHED
Steve James NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Steve James NERFINISHED
distributor Fine Line Features NERFINISHED
editedBy Frederick Marx NERFINISHED
Steve James NERFINISHED
William H. Hohlt NERFINISHED
filmingDurationYears 5
follows Arthur Agee NERFINISHED
William Gates NERFINISHED
genre coming-of-age film
documentary
sports film
hasPublicationType theatrical film
hasTheme economic hardship
family dynamics
pursuit of professional sports career
includedIn National Film Registry NERFINISHED
mainSubject African-American teenagers
basketball
education
high school sports
social inequality
urban life
musicBy Ben Sidran NERFINISHED
Terence Blanchard NERFINISHED
narrativeForm cinéma vérité
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Film Editing NERFINISHED
notableFor depiction of race and class in America
longitudinal documentary style
originalLanguage English
producer Frederick Marx NERFINISHED
Peter Gilbert NERFINISHED
Steve James NERFINISHED
productionCompany Kartemquin Films NERFINISHED
registrySelectionYear 2005
releaseDate 1994-10-14
releaseYear 1994
runtimeMinutes 170
setInLocation Chicago NERFINISHED
Illinois NERFINISHED
subjectOf critical acclaim
title Hoop Dreams NERFINISHED
writer Frederick Marx NERFINISHED
Steve James NERFINISHED
William H. Hohlt NERFINISHED

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