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Oscilloscope |
Release Date:
February 22, 2019
Summary:
Hoop Dreams goes to the mat in this intimate, coming-of-age documentary about four members of a high-school wrestling team at Huntsville’s J.O. Johnson High School, a longstanding entry on Alabama’s list of failing schools. Coached by teacher Chris Scribner, teammates Jailen, Jamario, Teague, and Jaquan each face challenges far beyond a shot at the State Championship: splintered family lives, drug use, teenage pregnancy, mental health struggles, and run-ins with the law threaten to derail their success on the mat and lock any doors that could otherwise open. Tough-love coach Scribner isn’t off the hook, either; he must come to terms with his own past conflicts while unwittingly wading into the complexities of race, class and privilege in the South. [Oscilloscope Labs]
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Details
| Runtime: | 96 min |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
| Official Site: | https://www.wrestlefilm.com/ |
| Production: | Exhibit A |
| Genres: | Sport, Documentary |
| Country: | US |
| Language: | English |
| Director | Credit |
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| Lauren Belfer | Director |
| Suzannah Herbert | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
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| Lauren Belfer | Writer |
| Pablo Proenza | Writer |
| Suzannah Herbert | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
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| Chris Scribner | Principal Cast |
| Jailen Young | Principal Cast |
| Jamario Rowe | Principal Cast |
| Jaquan Rhodes | Principal Cast |
| Teague Berres | Principal Cast |
| Producer | Credit |
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| Chad Troutwine | Executive Producer |
| Lauren Belfer | Producer |
| Mary Rohlich | Producer |
| Micheline Levine | Executive Producer |
| Samuel D. Pollard | Consulting Producer |
| Seth Gordon | Producer |
| Steven Klein | Producer |
| Steven Streit | Executive Producer |
| Suzannah Herbert | Producer |
| Walker Deibel | Executive Producer |
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