Full Introduction:
Considered, the "most powerful movie about sports ever made" (Hinson, 1994, p.1), "Hoop Dreams" by Steve James, Frederick Max and Peter Gilbert, is the result of five years of documentary of the lives of two black teenagers from poverty-stricken neighborhoods in Chicago as they pursued their profound dream of becoming National Basketball Association (NBA) stars (Walsh, 1994). From its depiction of the economic plight of the boy’s family to their struggle in a sport system driven by money, the film demonstrates the key concepts of the conflict theory of society.