From 'Field Of Dreams' To 'Draft Day': Who Cares About The Front Office?

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The 80s and 90s the time where sports films were huge hits and were used for more then just racial issues. Money ball is a great example along with Draft Day, Million Dollar Arm, and the upcoming movie million dollar arms. What makes sports films work really is the connection to the sport itself. But what these movies have in common  is a similar plot detail , instead of solely focusing on the coaches, athletes, and teams these films focused on the bigger part of sports the executive and scouts that make the teams. The recent movie Draft Day is a good example, the movie bases of the owner trying to look for players to draft we see what really goes on beyond the field.

Sports Films Used for Racial Issues?

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Recently in the film industry Hollywood has been using sports legends to tell stories about race. Films like Jackie Robinson and Remember the Titans are just two examples. What both of these films have in common is that both have a story line about color men trying to break through racial barriers and enter the world of sports. Sport films appear to be the way that Hollywood is most comfortable with for talking about racial issues. These films are advertised by making the trailer about the colored person or minority's journey to break through the white barrier and showing clips of success and failure. They make you have a connection with the main character.

The Expanding of Sports Documentaries

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HBO has been the main the place for sports documentaries for years. Now more networks are investing and making sports documentaries, and even though they aren't getting rich off them netwoirks making more and more time on their network channels for them. "Sports TV is flying high right now. To me, the documentaries are catching part of that. The networks need programming.”  said Aaron Cohen, a writer and producer who’s worked on Emmy-award winning documentaries. ESPN is putting the most into documentaries with their series “30 for 30” each being like a 10 to 20 minutes film documentary. The reasons for new popularity for sports docmentaries are simple, documentaries keep viewers engaged once live events end.