Unshackled Movie Review 2000

Slightly overdone melodrama tells the true story of Harold Morris, who was sentenced to life at 20 for armed robbery and murder and later helped organize the first interracial basketball team at Georgia State Prison. The team led the way to fully integrating the prison. Eventually paroled, Morris goes on to steer kids away from drugs and crime. Often heavy-handed, but the message is supposed to be inspirational (hence the PG13 rating), and it will be, to some.

Distribution

MTI Home Video, 14216 SW 136th St., Miami, FL 33186, Phone: (305)255-8684, Fax: (305)233-6943, Email: mti@mtivideo.com, URL: http://www.mtivideo.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 106 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Basketball, Men in Prison, True Stories, Second Chance

Screenplay

Harold Morris

Cast

Burgess Jenkins, James Black, Stacy Keach, Morgan Fairchild

Cinematography

Paul Varrieur

Director

Bart Patton

Music

Jeffrey Scott Pearson