The Heart of the Game

Go courtside for a true-life rush like no other in this passionate and inspirational documentary shot in a suburban Seattle high school over a seven-year period. Director Ward Serrill's stirring documentary explores the complicated relationship between gender, race and organized sports. He brings the camera up close and personal to capture the Roosevelt Roughriders girls' basketball team, taking us far beyond the court to meet a real team full of drive, toughness and the unbridled desire to make history.