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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The National Football League, a multibillion-dollar commercial juggernaut, presides over America's indisputable national pastime. But the NFL is under assault as thousands of former players claim the league has covered up football's connection to long-term brain injuries. In a special two-hour investigation, FRONTLINE and prize-winning journalists Steve Fainaru and Mark Fainaru-Wada of ESPN reveal the hidden story of the NFL and brain injuries, drawn...
2) Undefeated
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"No hope. No future-- until a football season united a team and revealed the character that turned them into heroes. Undefeated ... is the inspiring and moving tale of three underprivileged student-athletes from inner-city Memphis and the volunteer coach, Bill Courtney, trying to help them beat the odds on and off the field"--Container.
3) Go Tigers!
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Documents the 1999 high school football season of the Massillon Tigers, in Massillon, Ohio.
4) I will soar
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A true story about one city, one high school, and one coach who brought them all together and produced a winning football season and record numbers of first-generation university students. An emotional roller coaster with many feel-good moments, the documentary explores Head Coach T.J. Jackson's success in guiding many single-parent players, delivering the nurturing and strength they need to graduate and succeed.
5) '85 Bears
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In 1985 the Chicago Bears dominated the game and embodied everything that encapsulated that memorable decade: flash, chaos and a get-out-of-my-way attitude. Their Super Bowl winning season had it all - the birth of Buddy Ryan's 46 Defense, the loss to the Dolphins that ruined their perfect season, the Super Bowl Shuffle and a colorful group of misfits who became the toast of football.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Few NFL teams measure up in terms of quality or personality to the 1985 Chicago Bears. They were dominant on the gridiron, and omnipresent in the media. The documentary will reveal the full story behind this colorful, storied and arguably greatest team in professional football history.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
An incredible true story that unfolds like "a ripping good yarn ... with an uproarious, impossible Hollywood ending" (Andrew O'Hehir, Salon. com), Harvard beats Yale 29-29 is filmmaker Kevin Rafferty's (The atomic cafe) acclaimed documentary depicting one of the most legendary games in the history of sports.
Language
English
Description
Pat Tillman chose to walk away from a multimillion-dollar football contract and join the military for no other reason than he felt it was the right thing to do. Documented are the facts surrounding the way the military manipulated his tragic death in the line of duty into a propaganda tool.
11) 4th & goal
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Six young football players, each playing for top Division 1 colleges, hope to get chosen in the NFL draft as their college careers come to an end.
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
This is a documentary tribute to the seventy-five people who lost their lives on November 14, 1970, in what was perhaps one of the most catastrophic tragedies in NCAA history. What began as a routine flight home ended in disaster when aircraft carrying the Marshall University football team, its coaches, fans, and flight crew crashed in Wayne County, West Virginia, killing everyone on board. Featuring eyewitness interviews, this unforgettable documentary...
13) Boys of fall
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the fall high school football season in large and small towns across the United States as well as the students, teachers, and coaches that support their teams. Also features interviews from professional and retired football players and coaches describing their own experiences as the "boys of fall."
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
For over 90 seasons, the National Football League has offered its fans the best players in the world. Now, once and for all, the question is addressed: Who are the Best of the Best? Who are the Top 10? Based on the polling of a blue-ribbon panel of league experts, NFL legends are counted down until the greatest player in pro football history is revealed.
17) Day by day
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
The untold story of the University of Nebraska football program. Crippled by controversy and tragedy, they defied all odds winning three national championships in four years. Includes both films: Day by day: the rise and Day by day: the dynasty.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
On December 1, 2001, two ordinary football teams met on a field in Philadelphia's Veteran's Stadium to play sixty minutes of football. But this was no ordinary game. This was the Army-Navy game. And this was no ordinary Army-Navy game. This was the Army-Navy game that would occur just weeks after the attacks of September 11. The players on the field that day knew they would soon graduate and head to war. This film looks back at that historic game...
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
The true and inspiring story of head football coach, Jeremy Williams, and his resilient Greenville Patriots high school football team. For one last season, Williams, who is terminally ill with ALS, will lead his players through a tough Region 4 schedule in their quest for the Georgia state championship. Actor/writer/producer Rick Cohen follows the team, their coach, and his family through a season filled with challenges and struggles, ultimately showing...
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