Undefeated (2011 film)

Undefeated is an American documentary film by Daniel Lindsay and TJ Martin from the year 2011. The film shows the problems of the American football team of Manassas High School in Memphis and its players. The premiere of the film took place on 13 March 2011 at the South by Southwest Festival, SXSW short instead. 2012 movie with the Oscar in the category was awarded Best Documentary.

Action

The American football team the Tigers Manassas High School was founded in 1899 and since then has not won a playoff game. In 2004, this seems to change. Bill Courtney, a former high school football coach and businessman who agrees to volunteer to help. It strengthens thereby the emotional and physical strength of the team, so that confidence wins. In the 2009 summer / fall season, the first playoff victory for gripping seems close. The film focuses on three players. O.C. Brown, the star player of the team, Montrail "Money" Brown, who hopes on an academic scholarship, and Chavis Daniels, a talented linebacker who has problems with controlling his temper. This personal as well as athletic and academic problems and conflicts of players are represented ..

Reception

The opinions of the critics were mostly positive. Joe Leydon named the " intimacy " of the documentation in an article in Variety " remarkable, even in Cinéma vérité standards ". David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter called the pace of the film " sharp modulated and exciting," said music storytelling " lively and dynamic" hold. The film was an " unusually rich, full-bodied drama" Christopher Bell from IndieWire verdict: While the documentary " engaging experience " is at the moment one, then there would be " very little [ it ] to chew ". However, the could " good old ' inspirerende history ' " depending on the mood "enough [ to be ] ."

The Weinstein Company auctioned the rights to the distribution and remake during the SXSW festival for a seven-figure sum.

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