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2) Coach Carter
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The story of a high school basketball coach who receives both criticism and praise after benching his entire team due to poor grades.
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High school journalist Robert 'Gar' Gartland has been assigned to cover the town's state championship-bound high school basketball team. Gar's best friend, all-star point guard Matt Morrison, is entangled with breaking and entering gone awry. Trapped, Matt and Gar have nowhere to turn. A compelling thriller about the ties that bond friends in the most dire of situations.
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Based on the true story of basketball coach and mentor Al Collins, who led his team to victory after Hurricane Katrina ravaged their homes and destroyed their spirits. Collins attempts to create a winning basketball team using players from five of the hardest-hit high schools in the area. Takes a look at the disaster and shows how heroes can rise from the most devastating of circumstances.
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The Great Debaters: Melvin B. Tolson is a professor at Wiley College in Texas. Wiley is a small African-American college. In 1935, Tolson inspired students to form the school's first debate team. Tolson turns a group of underdog students into a historically elite debate team which goes on to challenge Harvard in the national championship. Inspired by a true story.
Hurricane Season: Based on real events, amid the wreckage of Hurricane Katrina, a Louisiana...