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Hope: A School, a Team, a Dream

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Hope High School in Providence, Rhode Island used to be once a model city school, graduating quite a lot of students from different backgrounds. But the tumult of the 1960s and the drug wars of the 70s changed both Providence and Hope. Today, the aging school is primarily Hispanic and African-American, with kids traveling for miles by bus and foot every day.
Hope used to be known for its state championship basketball teams in the 1960s, but its 2012 team is much different. Disobedient, distracted, and overwhelmed by circle of relatives troubles, with mismatched sneakers and a penchant for profanity and anger, these boys represent Coach Dave Nyblom’s dream of a championship, on the other hand unlikely that might seem. Nyblom’s mostly black players, including several who emigrated to Providence from war-torn Liberia, face gang violence, domestic uncertainty, drug problems, and a host of other issues. But with the unfailing fortify and guidance of Nyblom and other Hope coaches, their ragtag team gradually pulls together, overcoming each and every obstacle to find the faith and agree with in themselves that Nyblom never stops teaching.
A look at a hidden world that only some hundred yards from Brown University, Bill Reynolds’ Hope is the inspiring true story of young men and their mentors pursuing one goal―a championship―but achieving so a lot more.

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