Hoop Dreams

About Hoop Dreams

Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program.

Hoop Dreams (1994) is a documentary film directed by Steve James. Its themes are college, basketball, high school student, and narration.

William Gates appears as Self, Arthur Agee as Self, Emma Gates as Self - William's Mother, and Curtis Gates as Self - William's Brother. At 174 minutes long, it arrived in September 1994.

The screenplay is by Frederick Marx and Steve James. It streams on fuboTV, HBO Max, and HBO Max Amazon Channel in the United States.

Half Nelson, Hoosiers, and Shooting Stars make useful companions to Hoop Dreams, all filed under ghetto and sports. TMDB voters put it at 7.6 out of 10 across 347 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.