Movies

Hoop Dreams is a fascinating documentary, filmed over a four year period, following the lives of Chicago high school basketball players

This film tells a powerful story of courage, struggle, and redemption

This film includes themes of using sports to overcome life’s struggles, reckoning with and then learning from past mistakes, and effective teamwork

The film includes themes of overcoming adversity, maintaining self-belief, the impact of positive coaching, respecting opponents and seeing the bigger picture in sports

The film includes themes of effective teamwork, overcoming adversity, and rewarding effort and skill instead of color

Miracle follows the story of Herb Brooks as he leads the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men’s Hockey Team against the powerhouse Soviet team of the time

Remember The Titans is a movie about teamwork, overcoming adversity, sacrifice, and personal courage

This film includes themes of overcoming tragedy and loss, using sports to heal a community, playing multiple sports, absolute dedication, and effective teamwork

This film includes themes of overuse injuries in sports, burnout, effective teamwork, second chances, successful parent-athlete relationships, and seeing the bigger picture in sports