Suburban Virginia schools have been segregated for generations. One Black and one White high school are closed and the students sent to T.C. Williams High School under federal mandate to integrate. The year is seen through the eyes of the football team where the man hired to coach the Black school is made head coach over the highly successful white coach. Based on the actual events of 1971, the team becomes the unifying symbol for the community as the boys and the adults learn to depend on and trust each other.
Boaz Yakin
Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst
29 Sep 2000 (USA)
8 wins & 17 nominations.tt0210945 , Ku Klux Klan, American Football, Trainer, Sports Team, Race Politics, Coaction, Apartheid, Sport, High School, Racial Segregation, Racist, Based On True Story, Football Player, Xenophobia, Head Coach