Utter rubbish!EP Millstone wrote: ↑February 20th, 2023, 9:46 pmAfter one has read the Louis May Alcott novelette, seeing the movie is superfluous.
No movie is superfluous.
Utter rubbish!EP Millstone wrote: ↑February 20th, 2023, 9:46 pmAfter one has read the Louis May Alcott novelette, seeing the movie is superfluous.
A few year before came A Mother's Courage : The Mary Thomas Story, a TV-movie which as indicated follows the rigors that Isaiah' mother endured in making sure that her nine children would not break bad in a tough neighborhood. An emphasis was given to Isaiah as one might expect but appropriately so, not to upstage his mother. Alfre Woodard is splendid in the title role.kingrat wrote: ↑February 22nd, 2023, 11:36 am Hoop Dreams (1994) is impressive. Not sure why I didn't see this when it first came out. Two African-American basketball players who dream of playing in the NBA are recruited by a suburban high school outside Chicago. Isiah Thomas played there, and one of the youths is compared favorably to Thomas. Both players live in inner-city housing projects, one in the notorious Cabrini-Green. The documentary follows their lives through high school, on court and off. Voiceover carries us through the gaps in time. Significant events happen offscreen.
Because the film doesn't set out to make political points, the problems and realities faced by the students and their families emerge all the more strongly. Prominent college coaches of the time, including Bobby Knight, Duke's Coach K, and Dick Vitale, are seen watching the players. The white high school coach is a jerk in the Bobby Knight tradition, though he probably sincerely believes he is helping his team grow up. Perhaps this is still common among coaches.
Wikipedia has extensive coverage of how the Oscar panel for documentaries managed to prevent Hoop Dreams from being nominated for Best full-length Documentary. It probably also should have been nominated for Best Picture.