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| Director: | Steve James | 
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| Writer: | Steve James | 
| Staring: | 
| Director Steve James returns to his home town of Hampton, Virginia to tell the story of how the trial of a young basketball star left a city divided. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 13, 2010 | 
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| Director: | Steve James | 
| Writer: | Steve James | 
| Genres: | Documentary | 
| Keywords | media, sports, basketball, racial tension, virginia, professional sports, brawl, 1990s, activism, professional athlete, criminal trial, star athlete, high school athlete, athlete, nba all star | 
| Production Companies | Kartemquin Films, ESPN Films | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
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| Allen Iverson | Self (archive footage) | 
| Steve James | Self / Narrator (voice) | 
| Bob Barefield | Self - Coached Iverson as a Youth | 
| Butch Harper | Self - Coached Iverson as a Youth | 
| Dennis Kozlowski | Self - Iverson's High School Football Coach | 
| Michael Simmons | Self - Iverson's Friend & Teammate | 
| Jim Spencer | Self - Former Daily Press Columnist | 
| Imogene James | Self - Director's Mother | 
| Marcellus Harris | Self - Pastor & Community Activist | 
| Boo Williams | Self - Iverson's AAU Basketball Coach | 
| Melvin Stephens | Self - Iverson's Friend & Teammate | 
| Jim Ellenson | Self - Melvin Stephens' Lawyer | 
| John Spencer | Self - Lead Detective on the Case | 
| Linwood Debrew | Self - Community Activist | 
| Brent Musgrove | Self - Local Sports Announcer | 
| Bob Hintz | Self - Former Coach/Local Sports Announcer | 
| David Teel | Self - Daily Press Sports Columnist | 
| Shaun Brown | Self - Community Activist/S.W.I.S. Organizer | 
| Alvin 'Buddy' Fox | Self - Defense Attorney for Samuel Wynn | 
| Joe Fudge | Self - Daily Press Photographer at the Trial | 
| Linda Wiggins | Self - S.W.I.S. Supporter | 
| Linda Mines | Self - S.W.I.S. Founder | 
| David Squires | Self - Daily Press Columnist 2004-Present | 
| Rudy Langford | Self - Civil Rights Activist | 
| Bob Killian | Self - Former Bethel High Teacher | 
| Arthur Lambiotte | Self - Lawyer for City of Newport News/Iverson's AAU Coach | 
| Joyce B. Hobson | Self - S.W.I.S. Organizer & Spokesperson | 
| Lester Munson | Self - Sports Illustrated Writer & Lawyer | 
| Ann Stephens-Cherry | Self - Daily Press Education Coordinator 1992-96 | 
| Jimmy Eason | Self - Hampton Mayor 1982-98 | 
| Mary T. Christian | Self - Former Delegate, Virginia State Assembly | 
| Lefty Driesell | Self - James Madison Coach 1993 | 
| Mike Jarvis | Self - George Washington Coach | 
| Bruce Hornsby | Self | 
| Sue Lambiotte | Self - Tutor & Educator 1993 (archive footage) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Steve James | Writer, Director, Editor | 
| Michael Tollin | Consulting Producer | 
| John Sloss | Thanks | 
| Leo Sidran | Original Music Composer | 
| Joel Beckerman | Original Music Composer | 
| Keith Walker | Director of Photography | 
| Linda Cohen | Music Supervisor | 
| Liz Kaar | Assistant Editor, Post Production Supervisor | 
| Leslie Simmer | Additional Editing | 
| Dana Kupper | Additional Camera | 
| Emily Hart | Additional Camera | 
| Adam Singer | Sound Recordist, Additional Camera | 
| John Keegan Mathie | Sound Recordist | 
| Drew Weir | Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Editor | 
| David O'Brien | Assistant Sound Editor | 
| Shaun Brown | Thanks | 
| Imogene James | Thanks | 
| David Teel | Thanks | 
| Joe Fudge | Thanks | 
| James Wallace | Thanks | 
| Butch Harper | Thanks | 
| Peter Jaszi | Thanks | 
| Bob Hintz | Thanks | 
| Jim Ellenson | Thanks | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Steve James | Producer | 
| Bill Simmons | Executive Producer | 
| Adam Singer | Producer | 
| Emily Hart | Producer | 
| Gordon Quinn | Executive Producer | 
| Arunima Dhar | Producer | 
| John Dahl | Executive Producer | 
| Keith Clinkscales | Executive Producer | 
| Joan Lynch | Executive Producer | 
| Connor Schell | Executive Producer | 
| John Skipper | Executive Producer | 
| John A. Walsh | Executive Producer | 
| Kristin McDowell | Associate Producer | 
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