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The American Game (1979)

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This is the original 'Hoop Dreams" and in many ways I think it is better. The stories are compelling and it adds to it that they are from such different worlds: one a white kid from rural ...

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Gil Ferschtman
Stretch Graham
Jules Irving
David Tawil
Brian Walker
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This is the original 'Hoop Dreams" and in many ways I think it is better. The stories are compelling and it adds to it that they are from such different worlds: one a white kid from rural Indiana, and the other an urban black kid.

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29 April 1979 (USA)  »

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"Yesterday Is Gone, The American Game"
Performed by Richie Havens
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