True story! Of a high school football coach, Harold Jones (Ed Harris) who befriends a mentally disabled black young man (Cuba Gooding, Jr) who becomes a student at T. L. Hanna High School, So Carolina. (Alfre Woodard, Principal) They form a friendship bond over the football season which extends over several decades, as he transforms from a shy, tormented man into an inspiration to his community.
Jones protects him from the abuse of some of his players, assisted by his wife (Debra Winger). He says his name is Radio, it's really James Robert Kennedy, who can hardly speak. After some months in the companion of Coach Jones, some resistance of the locals, Radio becomes popular, beloved and a symbol for most of the population.
Jones protects him from the abuse of some of his players, assisted by his wife (Debra Winger). He says his name is Radio, it's really James Robert Kennedy, who can hardly speak. After some months in the companion of Coach Jones, some resistance of the locals, Radio becomes popular, beloved and a symbol for most of the population.
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