Through the Fire Movie Review 2005

In a sort of mini-"Hoop Dreams," director Hock engagingly follows 18-year-old basketball player Sebastian Telfair during his senior year at Coney Island's Lincoln High School. A surprisingly level-headed Telfair debates whether to play college ball or risk jumping into the uncertainties of the NBA draft as his brother unsuccessfully did a few years before. But his path becomes clear when violence erupts at his family's projects and their chance to escape rests on him.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on DVD
Running time 103 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Documentary, Biopics: Sports, Basketball, New York, New York, High School, Sports Documentaries

Cinematography

Alastair Christopher

Music

Duncan Sheik, Pete Miser

Other

Vince Caputo, Steven Pilgrim, Sam Citron

Producer

Jonathan Hock, Hock Films