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Through The Fire: Sebastian Telfair's Defining Year

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Through The Fire: Sebastian Telfair's Defining Year
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NR,1hr 42min
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February 10, 2006
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Cinema Libre Studio
Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis
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Behind the cheering and popping flashbulbs of Through the Fire lurks another, much darker movie, one that questions the relationship between sneaker manufacturers and financially deprived kids with exceptional talent. Full Review
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65
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out of 100
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Chaka Kahn (shown) and Kanye West perform "Through the Fire"
Chaka Kahn (shown) and Kanye West perform "Through the Fire"
Chaka Kahn and Kanye West (shown)perform "Through the Fire"
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