Hoop Dreams

Shot over five years, this Oscar-winning documentary follows the passage of two young men with dreams of making it big in the world of basketball. Arthur and William are two black teenagers from Chicago, who both hope to earn themselves a place in the NBA. Sports scholarships ensure that they attend prestigious colleges after leaving high school, but this step up the ladder brings them to a new level of training, with a demanding coach who drives them to the very limits of their abilities.