Hoop Dreams Analysis

Hoop Dreams is a true story of two inner-city young African-American kids who wanted to become a professional basketball player. William Gate and Arthur Agee are filmed in the documentary, it shows their passion, dedication and love for the basketball and how basketball kept them away from the streets. Sport is being a very prominent institution in United States, Mostly in African-American kids, parents indulge their children in sports as a gateway from drugs and gangs. The documentary shows two aspect of life, in one hand is captures the passion, determination of William and Arthur to become a professional basketball player and on the other hand, it talks about larger subjects: ambition, competition, poverty, race and drugs …show more content…
Due to lack of education, the African-American are unemployed and have financial problems. As in the documentary Arthur is forced to leave St. Joseph High School as his parents were not able to pay his tuition. Moreover, the documentary also successfully portrays, the psychological problems a child emotionally goes through due to lack of good parenting and a society they live in. Hoop Dreams also raises question about domestic abuse that is relevant in the Society. In fact, the domestic abuse indirectly has substantial effect in a child growth and psychological problem. Although both William Gates and Arthur Agee had personal problem, both of them never back down on their dream and showed true dedication along their life. The Documentary “Hoop Dreams” clearly shows how parenting is important for a child’s future. The documentary also shows the difficulties, a single parent have to up bring their children. Moreover it also shows a bond between the families, through Gate and Agee family. Hoop dreams is about the family and importance of family support towards their children. William and Arthur are lucky to get continued support from their family to peruse their …show more content…
Shelia Agee, Arthur’s mother never gave up on her family. She had to quit the job because of her back problems, she lived in unemployment but always supported her family. The documentary also shows how a black community support each other during the difficult phase. Arthur father was a drug addict but the black church community accepted him and gave a second chance, then he continued to support Arthur career and his family. It also shows how Shelia Agee finished her nursing program and kept her family together at the end and how she was always supportive. Hoop dreams reflects how an incident can change a person’s entire career. The documentary touches the various aspect of an individual pathway to his career. Moreover it shows the importance of education, and if neglected can have adverse effect to a person