TY - JOUR
T1 - Glory road (2006) and the white savior historical sport film
AU - Schultz, Jaime
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014/10/2
Y1 - 2014/10/2
N2 - Based on a true story, Glory Road recounts the story of the 1966 national championship Texas Western College basketball team and coach Don Haskins' decision to start, for the first time in tournament history, five black players. Contextualized by sociologist Patricia Hill Collins' concept of "new racism," this article argues that filmmakers manipulated history in order to inflate Haskins' progressive convictions by omitting, augmenting, and fabricating pivotal events in the historical narrative. These ultimately pronounce a white savior at the center of history and marginalize black athletes, even in a story that ostensibly deals with their struggles for racial equality.
AB - Based on a true story, Glory Road recounts the story of the 1966 national championship Texas Western College basketball team and coach Don Haskins' decision to start, for the first time in tournament history, five black players. Contextualized by sociologist Patricia Hill Collins' concept of "new racism," this article argues that filmmakers manipulated history in order to inflate Haskins' progressive convictions by omitting, augmenting, and fabricating pivotal events in the historical narrative. These ultimately pronounce a white savior at the center of history and marginalize black athletes, even in a story that ostensibly deals with their struggles for racial equality.
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U2 - 10.1080/01956051.2014.913001
DO - 10.1080/01956051.2014.913001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84919718155
SN - 0195-6051
VL - 42
SP - 205
EP - 213
JO - Journal of Popular Film and Television
JF - Journal of Popular Film and Television
IS - 4
ER -