The movie, Glory Road, deals with a Texas Western College’s basketball team which had to recruit African-American players due to lack of funds. The conflict comes from the fact that no college basketball team in Southern states had more than 1 black player in the team during 1960’s. In Texas Western College, Don Haskin, the coach of the team, recruited seven black players. Despite other’s underestimation; Texas Western College was very successful by winning the NCAA championship and by having an impressive record. Yet, the team had to go through serious discriminatory incidents, such as beating, getting things thrown at before the game, and having racial slurs written at hotel walls. The more the team was successful, the more hatred they received. Therefore, there was a one incident where the black players tried to quit playing, however, the coach’s emotional speech bring the players together to win the championship.
The advantage that this movie gets from its medium is, resembling that of Crash’s, the showing of emotion. Being not only a movie dealing with inter-racial issue, but also a sports movie, Glory Road successfully depicts that emotional moment of playing sports, facing racial problems, and winning the championship. While watching the movie, the audience feels like they are actually there watching each basketball game and watching the players overcome one of the most serious issues of that era.
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