I decided to do my documentary review on the movie “Hoop Dreams”, a 1994 American documentary film directed by Steve James. Hoop Dreams focuses on the daily lives Arthur Agee, William Gates and their families. These families are usually invisible in the mass media but this movie brings their situation to light. I am going to give you a quick synopsis of the movie Hoop Dreams, expand on how this movie uses the rhetorical appeals, identify what claim is being made, provide you with some bias I had from watching the movie, lastly I am going to discuss the reliability of the sources to conclude my discussion on the film Hoop Dreams.
This documentary film follows two inner city boys Arthur Agee and William Gates who live in Chicago as they try …show more content…
It was only supposed to be a 30 minute short film but ended up being a 5 year film following Arthur and William. This source gives a real life account of these two boys lives not scripted what so ever and gives you the row unedited version of life being an inner city kid. Boys have one way out of the inner city which is through playing a sport Basketball or Football especially being a male because they do not have the resources and grades usually to get into college. You have many different coaches being filmed for instance coach Rick Pitino is in this film but that was when he was the coach for University of Kentucky. There are proven facts and statistics in this movie Hoop Dreams.
In conclusion I briefly gave you a synopsis of the documentary film Hoop Dreams which follows two inner city boys around that shows their journey to get into college on a basketball scholarship because that is their only way out of the inner city. I connected this film to the rhetorical appeals which are ethos, pathos and logos. I gave you a brief summary of how the film uses these rhetorical appeals …show more content…
I stated the claim in this movie which is to explore issues of race, class, and education in modern America. This argument/claim was expressed throughout the film. There was a little bias in the film that I explained and that was that they did not show the life of an inner city white family trying to make it out of the inner city. Lastly, I stated that the movie Hoop Dreams is a reliable source because it gives a real life account of two boys living in the inner city not fabricated, scripted or duplicated, straight facts and real life raw for these two families. Hoop Dreams is a great family movie that families growing up in the inner city can relate
This documentary film follows two inner city boys Arthur Agee and William Gates who live in Chicago as they try …show more content…
It was only supposed to be a 30 minute short film but ended up being a 5 year film following Arthur and William. This source gives a real life account of these two boys lives not scripted what so ever and gives you the row unedited version of life being an inner city kid. Boys have one way out of the inner city which is through playing a sport Basketball or Football especially being a male because they do not have the resources and grades usually to get into college. You have many different coaches being filmed for instance coach Rick Pitino is in this film but that was when he was the coach for University of Kentucky. There are proven facts and statistics in this movie Hoop Dreams.
In conclusion I briefly gave you a synopsis of the documentary film Hoop Dreams which follows two inner city boys around that shows their journey to get into college on a basketball scholarship because that is their only way out of the inner city. I connected this film to the rhetorical appeals which are ethos, pathos and logos. I gave you a brief summary of how the film uses these rhetorical appeals …show more content…
I stated the claim in this movie which is to explore issues of race, class, and education in modern America. This argument/claim was expressed throughout the film. There was a little bias in the film that I explained and that was that they did not show the life of an inner city white family trying to make it out of the inner city. Lastly, I stated that the movie Hoop Dreams is a reliable source because it gives a real life account of two boys living in the inner city not fabricated, scripted or duplicated, straight facts and real life raw for these two families. Hoop Dreams is a great family movie that families growing up in the inner city can relate