remember the titans (2000). directed by boaz yakin.

 

i love sport movies. i love the things that they inspire no matter how corny they seem to be. themes of brotherhood, leadership, courage and team work could never tire me the skeptic in real life. that tells me how much i want them. 

such as this movie, it is truly inspiring, set against a backdrop of racism in the 1970's virginia (the 70's, can you believe that?!) where two football coaches, one black and one white, set out to do a task that looked almost impossible at that time - getting a bunch of white boys and black boys to play football together. the government took an affirmative action to integrate blacks and whites, during turbulent   racial unrest of malcolm x's days. 

i wished our government had been more serious about this. i know it is the end of them had all of us stop fighting and fight them instead - and insist - that racism just won't do, that divide and conquer is not the way to rule this country. 

Coach Boone: This is where they fought the battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this field, fighting the same fight that we are still fighting among ourselves today. This green field right here, painted red, bubblin' with the blood of young boys. Smoke and hot lead pouring right through their bodies. Listen to their souls, men. I killed my brother with malice in my heart. Hatred destroyed my family. You listen, and you take a lesson from the dead. If we don't come together right now on this hallowed ground, we too will be destroyed, just like they were. I don't care if you like each other of not, but you will respect each other. And maybe... I don't know, maybe we'll learn to play this game like men.