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Through The Fire

2005, Movie, NR, 103 mins

Through The Fire: Review

The shadow of HOOP DREAMS (1994) hangs heavily over Jonathan Hock and Alastair Christopher's documentary about one crucial year in the life of inner-city high-school basketball point guard Sebastian Telfair, a personable and talented teenager from the Surfside Gardens Projects in Coney Island who hopes his athletic gifts will lift his family out of poverty. The film started life as a short commissioned by HBO but grew into a feature as buzz about Telfair — the cousin of ... read more leave a comment