The Enduring Legacy of 'Hoop Dreams'

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

History, Politics, Sports, Sports News, News

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2017

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The REBOOTED PODCAST now sponsored by the Nation Magazine is officially underway! We start it off with an interview with legendary documentary filmmaker, and the producer of Hoop Dreams, Peter Gilbert. We talk about youth basketball, what’s changed and what’s stayed the same since his landmark 1994 film.I also have some “choice words” about the anti-Trump sentiment bubbling in the NBA, some “harsh words” for sports radio sexist dinosaur Mike Francesa, a Kaepernick watch about the quarterback’s decision to no longer kneel for the National Anthem.BREAKING NEWS: the statement from Seattle Seahawk Michael Bennett in support of the Women’s Strike on International Women’s Day March 8th. I will read it and it is the first time it’s been read anywhere, BOOM!Peter Gilbert:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0318201/Zirin, Why the NBA Is in Revolt Against Trumphttps://www.thenation.com/article/why-the-nba-is-in-revolt-against-trump/ —http://www.edgeofsportspodcast.com/ | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@gmail.com | Edge of Sports hotline: 401-426-3343 (EDGE)—Music: Eye Examination - Del The Funkee Homosapien | Around My Way - Lupe Fiasco | Daydreamin' - Lupe Fiasco | U.N.I.T.Y. - Queen Latifah | The Bridge is Over - Boogie Down Productions | Blockbuster Night Pt. 1 - Run the Jewels | FDT - YG | Triumph - Wu Tang Clan | '93 Til Infinity - Souls of Mischief | The Wire Outro Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	We're back.
0:05.0	Welcome back to the Edge of Sports Podcast, now brought to you by the Nation magazine.
0:10.0	I'm Dave Ziren, and every week we will strive to bring you the news you can use at the collision of sports and politics.
0:17.0	We got the gift of gab and the gift of jab, and we will bring it to you every week.
0:23.8	This week, we are talking to the producer of hoop dreams and legendary documentary filmmaker
0:29.6	Peter Gilbert about the legacy of that historic film and what it says about youth basketball,
0:36.5	not only in 1994, but today in 2017.
0:40.5	Also, I've got some choice words about the political outpouring against Trump in the NBA,
0:46.1	a just stand up award to Michael Bennett that will also include Breaking News,
0:50.2	and a just sit your ass down award to Mike Francesa Sports Radio, Legend, and All-Around Jackass,
0:58.4	and a very special Kaepernick watch about his decision to not kneel during the anthem this year.
1:05.4	But first, producer of Hoop Dreams and legendary documentarian, Peter Gilbert.
1:12.9	When you were making Hoop Dreams and legendary documentarian Peter Gilbert. When you were making Hoop Dreams, did you realize what you had on your hands as you
1:18.8	were looking at the footage on a day-in, day out basis over the course of years?
1:22.3	Absolutely not. We knew it was a great story, and I would say it took us to about their junior year, where we realized that we really had something special.
1:33.8	There were a couple of moments where what happened was when we were beginning to follow them.
1:38.7	I don't think we were as diligent as we could have been because they were young and we kept thinking, well, we have time, we have time, you know.
1:45.6	And then stuff started to happen so fast towards the end of the sophomore year and into the junior year.
1:52.8	And when Arthur went to the other school, back to his inner city school and left St. Joe's, that was sort of like this moment, I can tell you the moment where
2:03.2	I knew it was something kind of special, which was we couldn't find Arthur for days. Remember,
2:08.8	this is before there were, you know, text messaging and all that stuff. And so finally, we found
2:16.7	him and Arthur is looking at us and he goes, why are you guys here?
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