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-Jon
Voight
GLORY
ROAD
is
about
more
than
a
college
basketball
team
in
the
mid-1960s
playing
its
way
to
the
championship:
it
is
the
true
story
of a
coach
and
his
team
taking
a
stand
against
discrimination
in
order
to
play
their
best
game.
As
the
new
men's
basketball
coach
at
Texas
Western,
Don
Haskins
has
one
goal:
to
win.
At a
time
when
most
Southern
universities
had
few
black
players
on
their
teams
and
rarely
played
more
than
two
at
the
same
time,
Haskins
recruits
an
unprecedented
seven
black
players
for
his
team
and
often
has
three
of
them
starting.
His
new
additions
have
played
on
the
streets
of
the
South
Bronx
between
breaks
at a
Detroit
steel
company,
and
added
fancy
moves
with
the
hope
of
playing
for
the
Harlem
Globetrotters.
In
addition
to
adjusting
to
life
at
Texas
Western
in
El
Paso,
the
players
have
to
integrate
with
their
white
teammates
and
face
discrimination
from
all
fronts:
the
school
administration,
donors
and
alumni,
spectators,
and
random
strangers,
not
to
mention
other
basketball
teams.To
everyone’s
surprise,
the
underdog
Miners
take
on
team
after
team,
making
it
all
the
way
to
the
1966
NCAA
championships.
In
an
historic
NCAA
final
game
against
the
University
of
Kentucky
Wildcats,
Haskins
played
the
first
all-black
collegiate
basketball
starting
lineup,
in
many
ways
opening
new
doors
for
black
players
everywhere.
James
Gartner's
feature
film
directorial
debut
has
impressive
performances,
great
basketball
action,
snappy
dialogue,
and
just
the
right
amount
of
humor
to
complement
the
seriousness
of
its
main
subject.
Most
important,
it
pays
tribute
to
an
inspirational
team
and
its
coach,
capturing
a
moment
that
changed
the
sport
of
basketball
forever.
Be
sure
to
stick
around
through
the
credits
to
see
interviews
with
the
actual
team
members.
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