
The Heart of the Game
The Heart of the Game is a 2005 sports documentary film about the Roosevelt Roughriders girls basketball team directed by Ward Serrill. The movie is centered on their star player Darnellia Russell and the Roughriders new coach Bill Resler. The film is narrated by Ludacris.
Plot
The film begins two years before African-American Darnellia Russell attends the predominantly white and upper-class Roosevelt High School. Bill Resler, a tax law professor at the University of Washington, becomes their new girls basketball coach. Resler, a coach who uses animal and nature themes to motivate his team, believes they can win the Washington State championship but they fall short in the first game of the state tournament.
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More details
author | Ward Serrill |
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contentLocation | Seattle |
director | Ward Serrill |
events | basketball |
keywords | basketball coach community college giving birth high school student law professor learn north sea north seattle community college roosevelt high school university of washington washington state win |
producer | Ward Serrill |
publisher | Miramax Films |
theme | documentary |