{"product_id":"hoop-dreams-9780060976897","title":"Hoop Dreams","description":"For nearly five years Arthur Agee's and William Gates' remarkable lives were chronicled by a team of filmmakers. Roughly 250 hours of film were devoted to their journeys from the playgrounds to high school competition to college recruitment and -- whittled down to three hours -- it became the award-winning film \u003cem\u003eHoop Dreams. \u003c\/em\u003eNow journalist Ben Joravsky vividly brings to light all the richness and subtlety of their stories, and the impact their aspirations had on themselves, their families and their relationships. It is an intimate look, complete with an up-to-date epilogue on the latest developments in their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoravsky, Ben:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ben Joravsky is a prize winning journalist whose piece about Chicago's Roosevelt High School was chosen as one of 1992's outstanding sports articles. \u003cp\u003eCo-author of \u003cem\u003eRace and Politics in Chicago, \u003c\/em\u003ehe is a resident of Chicago, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917425021202,"sku":"9780060976897","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4dd6a8c5-f9d1-41e0-8260-b956decfaaa5.jpg?v=1738866897","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hoop-dreams-9780060976897","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}