2007 · drama · sports
Pride
Directed by Sunu Gonera1h 44m2007
Coach Jim Ellis shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor, he sets out to form Philadelphia's first black swim team. But the odds are against them as they battle rigid rules, racism and more.
Our read: Pride (2007) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded drama · sports entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle drama / sports, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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