Father Joseph Verrett
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Reviews 79% Audience Score 100+ Ratings When Joseph Verrett (Andre Braugher), a Jesuit priest who teaches history at a black high school, is offered the position of basketball coach, he...
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- Steve James
- TV-PG
- Andre Braugher
Feb 18, 1999 · Film casts Braugher as Father Joseph Verrett, an idealistic young priest who in the early 1960s lands a position with a Catholic high school in deeply segregationist New Orleans.
Passing Glory is a 1999 basketball-drama film produced for TNT, written by Harold Sylvester, and directed by Steve James. It is based on a true story. This movie stars Andre Braugher, Rip Torn, and Sean Squire, and features a speaking role by Arthur Agee, subject of the documentary Hoop Dreams, also directed by Steve James.
A true story of a priest (Andre Braugher) in New Orleans who formed a group of black players and challenged an all-white prep school basketball team in the 1960’s. Eventually events like these signaled the pivotal turn in the games’ history leading to the integration in today’s sport.
- Steve James
Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews. Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The...
Feb 21, 1999 · Passing Glory: Directed by Steve James. With Andre Braugher, Rip Torn, Sean Squire, Ruby Dee. A talented all-black high school basketball team challenges the top all-white team in civil-rights-era New Orleans.
Passing Glory is based on a historical event, and it's certainly a gripping tale. (The story, in case IMDB hasn't got the plot up yet, is based on a real-life basketball game played between two Catholic high schools -- one white, one black -- in the segregated South of the 1960s.)
