Hoop Dreams facts
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The documentary Hoop Dreams wasn't nominated for Best Documentary because Academy voters voted to turn it off after only 15 minutes. It was Roger Ebert's "Best Film of 1994" for any kind of movie, not just documentaries.
In 1994 the Academy Award's documentary nomination committee had a system in which one would wave a flashlight on screen when they gave up on the film. When a majority of the lights flashed, the film was turned off. Hoop Dreams didn’t even make it to 20 minutes.
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Roger Ebert considered Hoop Dreams the best film of the 1990s
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William Gates Jr., son of a main subject for the 1994 film "Hoop Dreams" is playing college basketball.
