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It’s Been 25 Years Since Hoop Dreams Debuted. Here’s How It Changed the Game for Documentaries

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A look back at how a basketball documentary inspired a new generation of filmmakers The director Steve James hit hurdle after ...
Awful Announcing

‘Hoop Dreams’ series, inspired by acclaimed 1994 documentary, being developed by Lena Waithe

Hoop Dreams is considered by many to be the best sports documentary ever made. Steve James’s 1994 film followed two high school basketball players, William Gates and Arthur Agee, who aspired to break ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Lena Waithe Prepping ‘Hoop Dreams’ Series as Part of WBTV Overall Deal

The Emmy winner’s Hillman Grad banner was previously housed at Amazon. By Lesley Goldberg Television Editor, West Coast As part of the move to WBTV, where Waithe will develop and produce new TV fare ...
KALW

'Hoop Dreams' Oakland mural // Taylor Smalls paints for the Golden State Valkyries // Honoring MUNI drivers one drawing at a time

On today's show a muralist for the Warriors encourages us to dream big. Then, we visit the West Oakland studio of a painter ...
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Lena Waithe Developing Hoop Dreams Scripted Drama Series

Lena Waithe and her Hillman Grad Productions company previously signed a multi-year deal with Warner Bros. Television Group to create exclusive shows for "all platforms, including WarnerMedia’s HBO ...
TheWrap

‘Hoop Dreams’ Scripted Series in the Works at Warner Bros TV From Lena Waithe

Lena Waithe is developing a scripted series based on the acclaimed documentary “Hoop Dreams” for Warner Bros. TV. “Hoop Dreams” is based on the real-life stories of high school basketball stars Arthur ...
Yahoo

Hoop Dreams (1994) Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via HBO Max

Hoop Dreams (1994) is a captivating American sports-documentary drama film. Directed by Steve James, the film gives viewers a glimpse into the engaging journey of two African-American friends who hone ...
The New York Times

Hoop dreams: Why basketball never sleeps

“I would wake up reaching my hands up to catch a pass,” Steve Kerr recalls. His playing days are long gone, but that memory remains. His training so embedded itself in Kerr’s psyche that it seeped ...
Star Tribune

Basketball players still bound by 'Hoop Dreams'

It's a chilly morning and two old friends are supposed to meet for a game of hoops. The shy, steadier of the pair arrives early. The other, a fun-loving extrovert, arrives almost two hours late. The ...
The Nation

Hoop Dreams

…are made to be broken, as Arthur Agee and William Gates learned the hard way over the five years their lives on and off the court were filmed. Stars: William Gates, Arthur Agee Director: Steve James ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Want a ‘Hoop Dreams’ souvenir? Shuttered suburban Catholic school at center of documentary is auctioning everything

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