This documentary follows the incredible story of the American University of Iraq women’s basketball team for a full year as we see what it’s like for them to become athletes, develop friendships, and get through adversity together.Ī documentary directed by Spike Lee that follows Kobe Bryant during one of the most important games of the season against the San Antonio Spurs. While most documentaries cover teams on a quest for a championship, this documentary covers the final week of the 2006 Caltech basketball season on their quest for a single win. Unfortunately, Hank Gathers died on the court in 1990 and this documentary shares what happened.Ī documentary unlike any other. The story of Paul Westhead and his fast-paced offense that he implemented at Loyola Marymount with Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble. This film was originally created for IMAX. Commonly acknowledged as the greatest basketball player who has ever lived. Take a documentary look at the career of Michael Jordan. We see the effect he had on the ABA before merging with the NBA, and his life growing up on in Long Island before becoming an iconic NBA/ABA star. J” Erving, the player that popularised the slam dunk. They are now the Oklahoma City Thunder.Ī look into Jordan’s life when he decided to give up the game of basketball and pursue a career in baseball.Įxplore what really motivated Michael to move to baseball.ĭocuments the life of Julius “Dr.
And how he put a country of 1.2 billion people on his back as they watched him compete with the best players in the world.Ī 2009 documentary exposing the truth behind the Seattle SuperSonics’ tragic exodus after 41 years in the Emerald City. The documentary details the adversity he had to get through in order to make it to the NBA.ĭocuments the arrival and adaption that Yao Ming had to go through in coming to America from China, including his first season in the NBA. The story of Jeremy Lin’s unlikely rise to fame mid-way through the 2012 NBA season with the New York Knicks.