The year is 1971, and the people of Alexandria, Va., are none too pleased when African American Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) is given the nod to head a newly integrated football team. As the season progresses, however, their contentious attitudes begin to change. Will Patton, Kip Pardue, Donald Faison, Kate Bosworth, Ryan Gosling, Earl Poitier and Hayden Panettiere co-star in this moving, fact-based drama.

Biography, Drama, Sports

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