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Plot

An angry black priest (Andre Braugher) in 1960's New Orleans goes against the wishes of his parish leader (Rip Torn) as he pushes a basketball game between his unbeaten all-black team and an undefeated all-white prep school team. Written by John Sacksteder {jsackste@bellsouth.net}

This is based on the true story of the first integrated basketball game in the history of New Orleans. The plot follows the events leading up to the game between all-black St. Augustine High School and all-white Jesuit High. It focuses on the struggles that Father Joseph Verette had in trying to pull the game off and trying to earn respect for his team. Written by Brian Washington {Sargebri@earthlink.net}

More: Hired as a history teacher, Father Verrett will not let the athletes in his classes be given the special treatment that they've been used to. "I teach history," he informs the headmaster when asked to take over the suddenly vacant position of basketball coach. "I believe sports are overemphasized." Moreover, coming from the North, he can't understand why star black athletes don't go to the best white colleges, as they should. "Down here, 'should' and 'is' is a long ways apart," the dad of the team's star informs him. The film includes many tangible examples of the racism then present. The blacks have to go to a separate "coloreds only" line at fast food outlets, and ordering a meal in the wrong place can and does get you thrown in jail. (I can remember the "coloreds only" signs from my childhood, although, where I grew up, they were taken away a half decade earlier than in this movie.) The simple but powerful script by Harold Sylvester is filled with lines of honest beauty. "Son, if you sit in the back of the bus too long, you'll think you belong there," Father Verrett lectures one of his reluctant players

Cast

• Andre Braugher — Father Joseph Verrett
• Rip Torn — Father Robert Grant
• Sean Squire — Travis Porter
• Ruby Dee — Mommit Porter
• Bill Nunn — Howard Porter
• Daniel Hugh Kelly — Mike Malone Sr.
• Tony Colitti — Chick Viola

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External links

• Passing Glory at the Internet Movie Database