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Movie Release: 2005 DVD Release: 03/14/2006 Format: DVD Edition: Director's Cut Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Total Copies: 3 Genres: Sports & Recreation, Culture & Society, Biography, Social Issues, Sports

A promising athlete learns firsthand about the realities of the business of professional sports in this documentary. In 2004, Sebastian Telfair was the point guard on his high-school basketball team at Lincoln High in Coney Island, NY, but from the start he was no ordinary player -- he'd been groomed as a potential champion since grade school, and by the time he was a senior at Lincoln he was being courted by professional sports agents as well as major college recruiters. Telfair's play on the court was strong enough to attract the attention of noted basketball fans Spike Lee and Jay-Z, but as Telfair pondered the possibility of going pro, he had to consider the story of his brother, another talented basketball player who became a collegiate basketball superstar but went unclaimed in the NBA draft and ending up playing in Greece. After announcing he'd attend college in Louisville, Telfair backtracked and opted to take part in the NBA draft, but as he's groomed as a clean-cut good-guy player with an endorsement deal for Adidas in the works, he has to wait and see where he'll end up and if he'll be able to live up to the hype. Produced in part for the ESPN cable network, Through the Fire: Sebastian Telfair's Defining Year was directed by Jonathan Hock. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Sebastian Telfair

Spend an emotional year in the life of a Coney Island basketball prodigy as filmmakers follow rising hoops star Sebastian Telfair as he struggles to overcome the adversity of the streets, transcend poverty, and earn a well-deserved place in the annals of the NBA. Few basketball stars can claim to have soared to the early-career heights that Telfair did on the streets of New York City, but after earning a reputation as one of the most skilled ball-handlers on the court by the tender age of nine, few would deny that he possessed the potential greatness. Mentored by his determined older brother -- a failed NBA hopeful himself -- Telfair remained steadfast and determined to realize the dream that had previously eluded his older sibling, and provide a more hopeful future for his supportive family. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide