Steve James remains one of the few filmmakers I am aware of who can involve themselves to a great extent in a documentary and yet still give that film a feeling of journalistic integrity.
Since I was 11 when this happened, I was completely unaware of this. But it's really hard for an outsider like me to understand how people could think Iverson was absolutely, without doubt, guilty, given the evidence or lack thereof.
But the film is much more interesting than just allowing me to learn about an incident in the life of a famous, troubled athlete and its legacy in his life. It’s about the intractability of racism in the US, it’s about how people create narratives to suit their preconceived notions about the world, and it’s about how the justice system rarely serves people of certain ilks.
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Steve James remains one of the few filmmakers I am aware of who can involve themselves to a great extent in a documentary and yet still give that film a feeling of journalistic integrity.
Since I was 11 when this happened, I was completely unaware of this. But it's really hard for an outsider like me to understand how people could think Iverson was absolutely, without doubt, guilty, given the evidence or lack thereof.
But the film is much more interesting than just allowing me to learn about an incident in the life of a famous, troubled athlete and its legacy in his life. It’s about the intractability of racism in the US, it’s about how people create narratives to suit their preconceived notions about the world, and it’s about how the justice system rarely serves people of certain ilks.
Well worth watching.