Undefeated
Academy Award Winner
Set against the backdrop of an American football season, Undefeated is an Oscar-winning coming-of-age vérité documentary film centering on three underprivileged student-athletes from inner-city Memphis and an unexpected volunteer coach who struggles to provide them with the discipline, resources and inspiration they'll need to not only overcome their bleak surroundings, but also to win the first playoff game in the high school's 110-year history.
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Film Details
Status: In Release
Release date: February 17, 2012 (USA - Theatrical) February 19, 2013 (USA - DVD)
Country of origin: USA
Language: English
Running time: 114 mins
Director: Dan Lindsay, TJ Martin
Genre: Documentary, Film, Sports
Production Company: Five Smooth Stones, Level 22 Productions, Zipper Brothers Films, Spitfire Pictures
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Synopsis

Founded in 1899, Manassas High School in North Memphis has never seen its football team, the Tigers, win a playoff game. In recent decades, the last-place Tigers had gone so far as to sell its regular season games to rival schools looking to chalk up an easy win. That began to change in 2004, when Bill Courtney, former high school football coach turned businessman, volunteered to lend a hand.

 

When Courtney arrived, the Tigers were accustomed to timeworn equipment and a sorry patch of lawn as a practice field. Focusing on nurturing emotional as well as physical strength, Courtney has helped the Tigers find their footing and their confidence. The 2009 Summer/Fall football season promises to be the Tigers’ best ever – perhaps the season that finally breaks the 110 year-old playoff jinx. It’s the senior year for the team’s star player, O.C., a left tackle blessed with power, size and speed. With football scholarships hanging in the balance, O.C. will have to juggle practice with the study sessions he needs to pass crucial exams. Also playing his last season is undersized offensive lineman Montrail – known to all as “Money”- an earnest honors student hoping to score an academic scholarship. For Chavis, a talented linebacker in his junior year, the challenge of 2009 lies in keeping his explosive temper in check – something the willful teenager isn’t always interested in doing.

 

For player and coaches alike, the coming season will be not only about winning games – it will be about how they grapple with the unforeseeable events that are part of football and part of life.

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