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Hoop Dreams

1994 documentary film by Steve James
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Summary

Hoop Dreams is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,210 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Documentary[3]
  • Director: Steve James[4]
  • Screenwriter: Steve James[5]
  • Composer: Ben Sidran[6]
  • Genre: documentary film[7]
  • Cast member: William Gates[8], Arthur Agee[9], Spike Lee[10], Steve James[11]
  • Production company: Kartemquin Films[12]
  • Director of photography: Peter Gilbert[13]
  • Part of: National Film Registry[14]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[15]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[16]
  • Review score: 98%[17], 8.8/10[18], 98/100[19], 8.3/10[20]
  • Color: color[21]
  • Country of origin: United States[22]
  • Publication date: January 1994[23]
  • Sport: basketball[24]
  • Distributed by: Fine Line Features[25], Netflix[26]
  • Narrative location: Chicago[27]
  • Filming location: Chicago[28]
  • Main subject: basketball[29]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Film Editing[30]
  • Title: Hoop Dreams[31]
  • Different from: Hoosiers[32]
  • Duration: 170 minutes[33]
  • Capital cost: 700,000 US dollars[34]

Why It Matters

Hoop Dreams has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

What awards did Hoop Dreams receive?

Honors received include Sundance Audience Award: U.S. Documentary[3].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Retrieved . history.sundance.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . loc.gov. Retrieved . loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ko', 'li', 'nl', 'pl', '
    Ampas collections film id → W061332
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W061332, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 136722
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 136722, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  3. 8w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Decine21 film id → 13648
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Decine21 film id: 13648, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/204256255|Hoop Dreams (#204256255)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7078|Decine21 film]] #mix'n"
  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1994-01-00T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Steve James
    Part of → National Film Registry
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+170'}
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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