Tribeca Digital Studios in Associate with The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation recently send us over the trailer for the documentary "We Could Be King". The film follows the riveting true story of two rival Philadelphia high schools forced to merge due to budget cuts. Their football team’s young, rookie coach and the school’s new principal fight to overcome insurmountable odds and inspire their young players to come together and lift each other toward a better future.
"We Could Be King" opens in New York and Los Angeles ans we'll be broadcast on ESPN2 tomorrow night at 8 pm.
Plot Synopsis:
Germantown
and Martin Luther King High Schools were bitter rivals for over 40
years. This past year, a budget crisis caused Philadelphia to lay off
over 4000 employees and close 37 schools, including Germantown High. Now
Germantown must merge with their former rival, King. Against
overwhelming odds, a 27-year old first time head coach and a new
principal fight to inspire young men from difficult circumstances to
come together and lift each other toward a better future.
Two-time
Emmy® nominated director Judd Ehrlich uses an intimate, unflinching
lens to tell a story much larger than the Martin Luther King Cougars. As
the threat of more drastic budget cuts and the loss of funding for
athletics looms large, WE COULD BE KING examines the crisis of education
in urban America, and celebrates the power of sports to bring young
people, neighborhoods, and a city together.
"We Could Be King": Official Trailer
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