‘Hoops, Hopes & Dreams' Producer Jesse Williams on Dr. Martin Luther King's Love of Basketball and How Modern Leaders Could Learn From Him - Sundance
Hoops, Hopes & Dreams” may be a short film, but it has a lot of big ideas. At its core, it’s about how two leaders - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Obama - both made inroads in communities ...
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In ‘Hoops, Hopes & Dreams,’ basketball brings people together
In Emmy-nominated Director Glenn Kaino’s “Hoops, Hopes & Dreams,” a short film which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film ...
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How Tennessee basketball used a halftime film session to beat Missouri
Rick Barnes wasn’t happy. The Tennessee basketball coach tramped into the locker room at halftime with 15 minutes to vent. He chose to pull up four minutes of film. It was the first four minutes ...
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In retrospect: ‘Dear Basketball’ – A poetic farewell
Five years ago, the world mourned a tragic loss with the deaths of Lakers legend, Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven other individuals when their helicopter crashed in Calabasas. Reflecting ...
Kobe Bryant's final interview: His bond with Gigi, diving into storytelling
Following his retirement from the NBA, Kobe Bryant moved on to the entertainment world, winning an Oscar and diving into ...
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Source Film Review: Sundance Film ‘Hoops, Hopes, and Dreams’ Tells Story of MLK’s Civil Rights Efforts on the Basketball Court
In every activist movement since the beginning of recorded history, leaders have had to recruit followers to join their movement. In the 1960’s civil rights movement, this strategy led Dr. Martin ...