Hoops, Hopes, and Dreams

Documentary Short Film

Recently acquired by Disney and Andscape

Premiered Sundance 2025 Film Festival

Winner, Cleveland International Film Festival 2025

Directed by: Glenn Kaino

Produced by: Alexys Feaster, Glenn Kaino, Jesse Williams, Afshin Shahidi, Michael Latt

Co-Producer: August Orser

Synopsis:

Hoops, Hopes, and Dreams tells the untold story of how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a team of civil rights activists took to basketball courts to connect with young voters—and how their grassroots strategy would echo decades later in politics, culminating in President Obama’s historic campaign.