In this film's final scene, a man sitting in a dorm room says that he should tell people "if I don't make it, don't forget about me" before a pre-credits screen notes that he married his girlfriend Catherine and dropped out of school.
This film was named the best of its decade by Roger Ebert, who angrily described how voters waved flashlights to signal that they wished to stop screening it after 15 minutes, killing its chances for an Oscar nomination. In this film's final scene, a man sitting in a dorm room says that he should tell people "if I don't make it, don't forget about me" before a pre-credits screen notes that he married his girlfriend Catherine and dropped out of school. This film, which was released a year after a companion film called Higher Goals, profiles a man who is shown watching his father purchase drugs near a playground. Another man profiled in this film is recruited by Gene Pingatore, and is shown reflecting on the failures of his older brother Curtis, rehabilitating a knee injury, and eventually attending Marquette University. For 10 points, name this 1994 Steve James documentary that follows Arthur Agee and William Gates, two Chicago high-school basketball players.
This film was named the best of its decade by Roger Ebert, who angrily described how voters waved flashlights to signal that they wished to stop screening it after 15 minutes, killing its chances for an Oscar nomination.
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