DVD
Wrestle
Performers
Jailen Young, Jamario Rowe, Jaquan Rhodes, Teague Berres, Chris Scribner.
Publication Information
[New York] : Oscilloscope Pictures, [2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (96 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
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. Teammates Jailen, Jamario, Teague, and Jaquan each face challenges far beyond a shot at the State Championship: splintered family lives, drug use, teenage pregnancy, mental health struggles, and run-ins with the law threaten to derail their success on the mat and lock any doors that could otherwise open. Boundary-pushing coach Scribner isn't off the hook, either; he must come to terms with his own past conficts while unwittingly wading into the complexities of race, class and privilege in the South.
Notes
"OSC 101"--Container.
Originally released as a documentary in 2018.
Special features: Deleted scenes ; interview with filmmakers Suzannah Herbert and Lauren Belfer ; theatrical trailer.
Subjects
- Wrestling > Alabama > Huntsville.
- Wrestlers > Alabama > Huntsville.
- School sports > Alabama > Huntsville.
- High school athletes > Alabama > Huntsville.
- Teenage boys > Alabama > Huntsville.
- Social problems > Alabama > Huntsville.
- People with social disabilities > Alabama > Huntsville.
- Huntsville (Ala.) > Social conditions > 21st century.
- J.O. Johnson High School (Huntsville, Ala.) > Wrestling.