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Rocks with Wings (2001)
It is an excellent movie, very moving.
I enjoyed the movie because it portrays the Navajos as people not stereotypes, with a sense of humor and determination. It brings together a most unusual combination of characters, a black coach and a Navajo girl's basketball team. The coach with a background of success in athletics is met with a team that enjoys just "playing" and is not really interested in winning. How he ever got to the four corners area to coach is a story within itself. The school thought they were getting a white coach and all of a sudden here appears this black person and they have to accept him although very reluctantly. This is truly a cultural clash, he is pushy and they somehow endure. The movie is well made and with the use of clever editing gives the viewer a sense of being there especially during the games. On top of all this there is a surprise ending. This is not a Walt Disney Mighty Ducks type. A must see movie.