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  • 2019
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2019
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Hoop Dreams goes to the mat in this intimate, coming-of-age documentary about four members of a high-school wrestling team at Huntsville’s J.O. Johnson High School, a longstanding entry on Alabama’s list of failing schools. Coached by teacher Chris Scribner, teammates Jailen, Jamario, Teague, and Jaquan each face challenges far beyond a ...

Directed By: Suzannah Herbert, Lauren Belfer

Written By: Steven Klein, Pablo Proenza, Lauren Belfer, Suzannah Herbert

  • 2019
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2019
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 36 m

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Summary Hoop Dreams goes to the mat in this intimate, coming-of-age documentary about four members of a high-school wrestling team at Huntsville’s J.O. Johnson High School, a longstanding entry on Alabama’s list of failing schools. Coached by teacher Chris Scribner, teammates Jailen, Jamario, Teague, and Jaquan each face challenges far beyond a ...

Directed By: Suzannah Herbert, Lauren Belfer

Written By: Steven Klein, Pablo Proenza, Lauren Belfer, Suzannah Herbert

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91
Feb 22, 2019
The intimacy that Herbert attains with the kids and the respect that she affords them prevents the film from ever seeming exploitative of their lives and hardships and rather gives it a thorough sense of empathy.
By Gary Garrison FULL REVIEW
90
Feb 28, 2019
Just as sports mirror society, so do the best sports films not only take us inside games and those who play them but also provide insight into our world and how it works. “Wrestle,” a superb sports documentary, does exactly that.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
90
Feb 21, 2019
Wrestle isn’t slick or impartial, and doesn’t claim to be, yet the movie has a raw honesty that disdains forced uplift.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 19, 2019
The first feature-length doc by Suzannah Herbert, it is smartly focused, offering nothing to distract from the stories it is able to fit within its running time.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
80
May 6, 2018
Suspenseful as the actual matches are, there’s more tension in worrying just how intact these near-adults will make it to the even bigger stakes of post-high-school life, or whether they’ll be hobbled before they even leave the gate.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
75
Feb 20, 2019
It’s a revealing film that doesn’t skimp on the pitfalls facing the four young men who are its subjects and the blind spots of the white coach who pushes, inspires and badgers them through a long, grueling season.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
63
Feb 20, 2019
The documentary shines a piercing light on the sorts of people that our governments would too often rather forget.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Exhibit A, Firefly Theater & Films
Release Date Feb 22, 2019
Duration 1 h 36 m
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Website https://www.facebook.com/WrestleFilm/
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Awards

Indie Memphis Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Oxford Film Festival, Mississippi, USA
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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