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EEC: Documentary Studies

A Q&A with David Brancaccio on “Helvetica”

by The Econ Extra Credit Team and David Brancaccio
Apr 8, 2021
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #56
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Previewing our next documentary film selection

by The Econ Extra Credit Team
Apr 1, 2021
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #55
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Your response to “Hoop Dreams”

by The Econ Extra Credit Team
Mar 18, 2021
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #54
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EEC: Documentary Studies

We revisit "Hoop Dreams" — from both sides of the camera

by The Econ Extra Credit Team
Mar 11, 2021
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #53
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EEC: Documentary Studies

What basketball can teach us about economic mobility

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Mar 11, 2021
Ambitions to go pro are often "a metaphor for the elusiveness of the American dream," says "Hoop Dreams" director Steve James.
Success stories for Black athletes "can sometimes hide the fact that for the great majority of people in these communities, the hurdles are so huge that it makes it hard to succeed," "Hoop Dreams" director Steve James says.
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A conversation with "Hoop Dreams" basketball star, 3 decades later

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon
Mar 11, 2021
William Gates, star of the 1994 documentary, on the economic challenges college athletes face today.
"Hoop Dreams" documents over five years the lives of two high school basketball players from families struggling economically in Chicago as they work toward pro careers.
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A Q&A with David Brancaccio on “Hoop Dreams”

by David Brancaccio and The Econ Extra Credit Team
Mar 4, 2021
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #52
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EEC: Documentary Studies

Previewing our next documentary film selection, "Hoop Dreams"

by The Econ Extra Credit Team
Feb 25, 2021
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #51
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A conversation with you about “9to5: The Story of a Movement”

by The Econ Extra Credit Team
Feb 18, 2021
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #50
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9to5 organizer Karen Nussbaum on “The Story of a Movement”

by The Econ Extra Credit Team
Feb 11, 2021
Econ Extra Credit newsletter #49
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