Rise Above: The Journey to College Basketball | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

In this coming-of-age documentary journey, three under-the-radar high school basketball players navigate the uncertainty | dG1fOVJ5X0V6anhNdU0

Transcript

00:00Cali County Fire, Operator 29, what's the address of the emergency?

00:07I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you guys just don't want to play.

00:10None of you guys are getting scholarships right now.

00:12You're juniors, you're going to be seniors. Nobody's recruiting you based on potential.

00:17It's either you do the job or you don't.

00:19High school athletes bank on playing AAU basketball in the summer to boost their recruiting profiles.

00:25Los Angeles Elite is the club program that I started 10 years ago.

00:29These kids have one dream. They want to play college basketball.

00:32It's a lot harder now. The recruiting waters are a little harder to navigate for high school kids.

00:38Yo, what up, Manila?

00:40Yeah, he's like that. White boy, like that.

00:42Butler offered me, and I got offered at Santa Clara as well.

00:46We just don't know where he's going to be and how close that will be, and it's gone so fast.

00:51How old is he?

00:5219! Why does that matter? George is gone!

00:56But what this team is going to need more than anything is JB.

01:01You're a divisional basketball player.

01:03Who am I looking at here?

01:04Marco is from Ghana.

01:06Take care.

01:07Yeah, I do. I miss the food. I miss my family.

01:09What's going on with your student visa?

01:12Basketball could take me far. I could use basketball for my benefit and my family.

01:18I could better my community.

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