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Rocks with Wings (2001)
An inspiring, humbling story of what happens when different cultures come together.
My wife and I happened upon "Rocks with Wings" by accident one night while flipping channels. We caught it on PBS, and it sucked us in immediately because my brother is also a women's basketball coach. There's an interesting dynamic between a male leading a group of femalesk, but we were also intrigued by the union of African American and Navajo cultures. Here's this coach, who grew up in a tough, competitive, driven environment, trying to teach toughness, aggression and competitiveness to a group of girls who frankly couldn't have cared less about it. But at the same time, they tought him their values of peace, calmness and spirituality which he couldn't have cared less about either. Beware, men - it will make you cry, and don't be ashamed of it. If it doesn't make you cry, then something is wrong. But that isn't the real point - the real point is that success isn't evaluated just by what's on the scoreboard; rather, it's a heightened level of awareness of self and of your environment that comes from struggle, discomfort and patience. Every school in the United States should require its students to watch it, and every adult should feel lucky for the opportunity to watch it.