Hoop_Dreams

Hoop Dreams Hoop Dreams “ He whose face gives no light shall never become a star.” Three filmmakers spent seven years in inner city Chicago to construct a documentary based on the lives and dreams of two boys, Arthur Agee and William Gates. The social institutions of education, sports, economics, and family influenced the growth and development of these two young men. Education played a major role in influencing both Arthur and William. Arthur gets accepted to Saint Joseph’s as a freshmen in High school. He will get a better education, and have a better chance at college at this school. In his first year, Arthur starts out at a fourth grade level. He does not advance much by the end of the first term, and he does not look to be very promising. Arthur ends up being thrown out of Saint Josephs, and has to return to the inner city school, Marshall High School. William is also accepted to Saint Joe’s as a freshman, and he does extremely well his first year. William starts out at a fourth grade level just as Arthur had, but he advances. William went from arthur, william, family, school, saint, lives, very, mother, sports, social, out, father, education, both, two, strong, play, never, institutions, grade, go, dreams, brother, better, become, year, ties, one, nba, main, level, josephs, job, high, goals