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- Neither rain, nor snow, nor gloom of night...can keep these hoops junkies off the asphalt courts. More than a Game is a rollicking and oft-times heartbreaking account of Chicago playground basketball. Featuring NBA stars, local legends and everyday players, MTAG makes for a fascinating companion to Hoop Dreams, which was released that same year. Over the course of three years, filmmakers Joe Angio and Joel Cohen traversed Chicago's playgrounds to find out why so many people - primarily black inner-city dwellers - devoted their lives to basketball. At the time of the film's release, more NBA players came from Chicago than anywhere else; here, we hear from three of the best. Phoenix Suns all-star forward Eddie Johnson recalls how the playground helped him to steer clear of the notorious street gangs that seduced his older brother, a far superior basketball player. Former Utah Jazz all-star guard Rickey Green returns with two childhood friends to the South Side court where they competed against Arthur "the Magician" Sybills, who they all agree is the greatest player they ever saw. Future Atlanta Hawks all-star Glenn "Doc" Rivers - who would go on to coach the Boston Celtics to an NBA title - recounts a particularly transcendent playground game that he still considers the best he's ever played in. Of course, only a select few graduate from the playgrounds to the NBA. More than a Game also reveals the stories of those who didn't make it. To this day, Bernard Harden believes "no one man can stop me," but his NBA dream ended in the minor leagues of Argentina. His bravado barely masks a lingering bitterness. As a high school sophomore in Chicago's highly competitive Public School League, Terry Rucker averaged 40 points a game. He never finished high school. Lamaar "Money" Mondane's NBA dream never came true either, but he at least achieved a modicum of fame when Reebok selected him to appear in a popular advertising campaign on "playground legends." All three continue to compete on the tiny West Side play lot of their youth. And then there are the games themselves, hard-fought and competitive. One player crashes recklessly, headfirst, into a steel support to save a loose ball. A skinny teen soars to slam home a spectacular dunk, a play worthy of any SportsCenter highlight reel. An argument threatens to erupt into chaos when two players refuse to give ground on a foul call. (The instant replay proves inconclusive.) Witnessing this passion and intensity we begin to understand why the game is so important to countless players, young and old. Why, in fact, it is More than a Game.
- The film follows a group of hard core New York Bicycle Messengers as they brave the elements and face dangerous traffic situations in order to make their deliveries on time, in this action packed documentary
- Love, Betrayal and class conflict disrupt a small East Texas town as a young man from a prominent family returns to face the consequences of a past affair with a local girl from the wrong side of the tracks.
- Scientist Mark Plotkinraces against time to save the ancient healing knowledge of Indian tribes from extinction.
- "A Blink of Paradise" is a twelve minute investigation into the event that caused one woman's first memory. Obsessed by past images of herself as a baby in a carriage, she uncovers a simple fact concerning her mother that explains why she has been haunted by them ever since. This is realized through an interweaving of her present life (on a therapist's couch) and the visual fragments she has retained of that day. Having located the source of her pain, she is now able to go forward with newfound understanding.
- An intimate look at the extraordinary, often ostracized, and now largely forgotten artwork of Pulp Fiction Magazines. For the first time in a documentary film, we take a look at the world of pulp fiction with exclusive images, and interviews with some of the very artists who created these amazing popular culture masterpieces.
- Putting a human face of the micro-lending experiment in the form of small business loans, the film follows The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh that has transformed the lives of millions of Third-World women and their families.
- "Margaret" follows the course of eight years in the life of a young Korean Orphan who suffers from Kidney Disease.
- Three families navigate the unpredictable terrain of a neonatal intensive care unit. The inevitable shifts in each baby's condition provide dramatic twists that challenge family stability and redefine parental love. Nurses and doctors reveal the challenges and rewards of working in the NICU, as well as complex ethical issues. As the stories in A Chance to Grow unfold, they reveal not only the impact of newborn intensive care on families, but the capacity of ordinary individuals to adapt to crises with extraordinary grace and courage.
- Alba and Anastasia are twins with cerebral palsy who touched the heart of President Clinton with their plea for equal access. They come from an extraordinary family where everyone is determined the twins will be included in all activities. The fact that they are both in wheelchairs does not keep them from school, summer camp, or church. Their mother, Mary, thinks nothing of carrying them up and down several flights of stairs in their wheelchairs. She is a woman in constant motion, bathing, dressing, feeding and taking pleasure in seeing the twins are attractively dressed. She uses her tenacity and charm to assure that her children receive all the medical and educational benefits to which they are entitled. The filmmakers became close to the family, capturing the milestones of their lives: a birthday party, days at summer camp, their joyous first communion in church. Filmed over a period of four years, this unforgettable story will inspire everyone concerned with the challenges of family life and the place of disabled children in our society.
- Luggy is a music bag on her way to a music festival with her bag partner Lily. At the airport, while waiting for their flight, they get invited to hear a bag band play. Discovered by a cleaning crew, they are caught and thrown into a lost luggage jail. Luggy and her new friends must now find a way to escape or they could be trapped and forgotten, never to play music again.
- Shirley is convinced her drowned mum has turned into a mermaid and she will do anything to become one too. Her operation obsessed friend Nurse is keen to help. Neglected by her grief stricken dad, Shirley and her friend create a world of dreams and danger.
- Sally Phibbs finds out that if she tells one more lie, she will die instantly and go straight to Hell. Without the ability to lie, her life falls apart. Once she has alienated everyone in her life by telling them the truth at times when they would have preferred a lie, Sally realizes that lying isn't just something you do to protect yourself, but it's also an important part of protecting the ones you love from pain.