A Kartemquin Films production for ESPN Films' critically acclaimed "30 for 30" series... On February 13, 1993, 17-year-old Bethel High School basketball star Allen Iverson entered a Hampton, Virginia bowling alley with several classmates. It was supposed to be an ordinary evening, but it became a night that defined Iverson's young life: a quarrel soon erupted into a brawl pitting Iverson's young, black friends against a group of older white men. The fallout from the fight and the handling of the subsequent trial landed the nation's best high school athlete in jail and sharply divided the city along racial lines. Oscar nominee Steve James (Hoop Dreams) returns to his hometown of Hampton, where he once played basketball, to take a personal look at this still disputed incident and examine its impact on Iverson and the shared community.
80 minutes
Hoop Dreams and No Crossover : the best basketball documentaries of all time
May 28, 2010
Basketball magazine Dime has published a list of the Ten Best Basketball Documentaries of All Time, and sitting at the top of their list are Kartemquin's No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson at #2, and Hoop Dreams at #1. Both films were directed by Steve James.
Coming in the future from Kartemquin films is another potential addition ot that list: Invisible Seasons, a documentary by Maria Finitzo that will look into the impact of Title IX legislation on sports and society, with a particular focus on the Chicago Sky Basketball team.
- Director/Producer
- Steve James
- Executive Producer
- Gordon Quinn
- Producers
- Emily Hart
- Adam Singer
South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival
Cleveland International Film Festival
Dallas International Film Festival
ESPN Films' "30 for 30"
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
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