Hoop Dreams (Criterion Collection) [DVD]

SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES include: New digital restoration, 2 audio commentaries, a new documentary, additional scenes, excerpts from Siskel & Ebert tracking their acclaim for the film, and more. Two ordinary inner-city Chicago kids dare to reach for the impossible professional basketball glory in this epic chronicle of hope and faith. Filmed over a five-year period, Hoop Dreams, by Steve James (Life Itself), Frederick Marx, and Peter Gilbert follows young Arthur Agee and William Gates as they navigate the complex, competitive world of scholastic athletics while dealing with the intense pressures of their home lives and neighborhoods. This landmark film, which documents the journeys of two remarkable families, continues to educate and inspire viewers, and it is widely considered one of the great works of American nonfiction cinema.