Steve James Movies

  • 1994
    Hoop Dreams

    Hoop Dreams

    Hoop Dreams

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    Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High...

    Hoop Dreams
  • 2022
    A Compassionate Spy

    A Compassionate Spy

    A Compassionate Spy

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    Physicist Ted Hall is recruited to join the Manhattan Project as a teenager and goes to Los Alamos with no idea what he'll be working on. When he...

    A Compassionate Spy
  • 2018
    Minding the Gap

    Minding the Gap

    Minding the Gap

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    Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations...

    Minding the Gap
  • 1997
    Prefontaine

    Prefontaine

    Prefontaine

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    It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit...

    Prefontaine
  • 2010
    Heartbeats

    Heartbeats

    Heartbeats

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    Francis is a young gay man, Marie is a young straight woman and the two of them are best friends -- until the day the gorgeous Nicolas walks into a...

    Heartbeats
  • 2014
    Life Itself

    Life Itself

    Life Itself

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    The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (1942-2013): his early days as a freewheeling...

    Life Itself
  • 2011
    These Amazing Shadows

    These Amazing Shadows

    These Amazing Shadows

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    Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and...

    These Amazing Shadows
  • 2002
    Joe and Max

    Joe and Max

    Joe and Max

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    True story of boxers Joe Louis and Max Schmeling and their enduring friendship.

    Joe and Max
  • 2010
    No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson

    No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson

    No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson

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    Director Steve James returns to his home town of Hampton, Virginia to tell the story of how the trial of a young basketball star left a city divided.

    No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
  • 2017
    Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

    Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

    Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

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    The incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by...

    Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
  • 2011
    The Interrupters

    The Interrupters

    The Interrupters

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    The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago...

    The Interrupters
  • 2002
    Stevie

    Stevie

    Stevie

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    In 1995 Director Steve James (Hoop Dreams) returned to rural Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy he had been an...

    Stevie
  • 2012
    Head Games

    Head Games

    Head Games

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    Former football player and wrestler Chris Nowinski's quest to publicize recent findings about the often dire consequences of head concussions...

    Head Games
  • 2014
    We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss

    We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss

    We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss

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    Everyone’s talking about it, but who can explain it? Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Productions and Morgan Spurlock’s Cinelan have...

    We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
  • 2008
    At the Death House Door

    At the Death House Door

    At the Death House Door

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    An investigation of the wrongful death of Carlos DeLuna, who was executed in Texas on December 7, 1989, after prosecutors ignored evidence...

    At the Death House Door
  • 2021
    Messwood

    Messwood

    Messwood

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    Declining participation leads two Milwaukee area high schools—one black and urban, the other white and suburban—to combine their football...

    Messwood
  • 2018
    The Rescue List

    The Rescue List

    The Rescue List

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    Two boys escape from slavery, spend a year in a rehabilitation shelter, and eventually reunite with their families. Meanwhile, the man who rescued...

    The Rescue List
  • 2023
    The Featherweight

    The Featherweight

    The Featherweight

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    Set in 1964, a camera crew follows Willie Pep, retired featherweight boxing champion. Down and out in Hartford CT, married to a woman half his age...

    The Featherweight
  • 2008
    In the Family

    In the Family

    In the Family

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    At 31, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick faces an impossible decision: remove her breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with...

    In the Family
  • 2005
    Reel Paradise

    Reel Paradise

    Reel Paradise

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    Former indie film "guru" John Pierson takes his family to Fiji for one year to run the world's most remote movie theater.

    Reel Paradise