Sports Leadership Resource Centre: Movies
Summary: “Pride” retells the true story of Jim Ellis and the dynamic all-black swim team that fought against crippling segregation in the 1970s. Ellis arrives at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation by way of the unemployment line. He is sent there to pack boxes in preparation for the centre’s closing, but instead he uncovers a pool and rediscovers his passion for swimming. He works hard to spruce up the pool for no particular reason until he realizes that his star swimmers are on the basketball court without a hoop to shoot in–and in need of distraction from neighbourhood drama. He invites them in to swim for fun, trains them for competition, and the rest is history.
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