Through the Fire (film)

Infobox Film
name = Through the Fire


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director = Jonathan Hock
producer = Jonathan Hock
Philip A. Aromando
Diane Houslin
Christopher Kenneally
Asha Rubin
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starring = Sebastian Telfair
music = Pete Miser
Duncan Sheik
cinematography = Alastair Christopher
editing = Sam Citron
Steven Pilgrim
distributor = ESPN
Cinema Libre Studio
Crosstown Releasing
released = 2006 02 10
runtime = 103 min
country = USA
language = English
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website = http://www.throughthefiremovie.com/
amg_id = 1:325637
imdb_id = 0457502

"Through the Fire" is a 2005 Documentary film. The movie focuses on Sebastian Telfair as he goes through his senior year at Abraham Lincoln High School in New York City. Throughout the film Sebastian is faced with the choice between college in Louisville or making the jump from high school to the NBA.

Plot

Since the tender age of nine, Sebastian Telfair has been a well known player on the basketball courts in his hometown of Brooklyn. Now entering his senior year of high school, Sebastian is determined to get his team, the Lincoln Railsplitters, to their third straight PSAL championship title. He is also faced with the decision to attend The University of Louisville or make the jump from high school to the NBA in order to provide for his family and get them out of the projects of New York City. Telfair's environment also plays a big part in his life. He deals with a death and having the entire neighborhood depending on him to be next in the line of great New York point guards.

Awards

*2005 AFI Fest - Audience Award for Best Documentary
*2005 Urbanworld Film Festival - Best Documentary Feature

ources

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457502/ Through the Fire on imdb.com]