- Passing Glory
Infobox_Film
name = Passing Glory
imdb_id = 0178821
writer = Harold Sylvester
starring =Andre Braugher Rip Torn Sean Squire
director = Steve James
producer = Quincy JonesMagic Johnson
Harold Sylvester
distributor =
released =February 21 , 1999
runtime = 100 minutes
language = English
music =
awards =
budget ="Passing Glory" is a 1999
basketball -drama film , written byHarold Sylvester , and directed by Steve James. This movie starsAndre Braugher ,Rip Torn , andSean Squire . The film also features a speaking role byArthur Agee , the subject of the documentary "Hoop Dreams ", also directed by Steve James [http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A27976-2004Jul4?language=printer]Plot
An angry black priest (Andre Braugher) in 1960s New Orleans goes against the wishes of his parish leader (Rip Torn) as he pushes a basketball game between his unbeaten all-black team and an undefeated all-white prep school team.
This is based on the true story of the first integrated basketball game in the history of New Orleans. The plot follows the events leading up to the game between all-black St. Augustine High School and all-white Jesuit High. It focuses on the struggles that Father Joseph Verette had in trying to pull the game off and trying to earn respect for his team.
Hired as a history teacher, Father Verrett will not let the athletes in his classes be given the special treatment that they've been used to. "I teach history," he informs the headmaster when asked to take over the suddenly vacant position of basketball coach. "I believe sports are overemphasized." Moreover, coming from the North, he can't understand why star black athletes don't go to the best white colleges, as they should. "Down here, 'should' and 'is' is a long ways apart," the dad of the team's star informs him.The film includes many tangible examples of the racism then present. The blacks have to go to a separate "coloreds only" line at fast food outlets, and ordering a meal in the wrong place can and does get you thrown in jail.
Cast
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Andre Braugher — Father Joseph Verrett
*Rip Torn — Father Robert Grant
*Sean Squire — Travis Porter
*Ruby Dee — Mommit Porter
*Bill Nunn — Howard Porter
*Daniel Hugh Kelly — Mike Malone Sr.
*Tony Colitti — Chick ViolaExternal links
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* http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A27976-2004Jul4?language=printer
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