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Montrail 'Money' Brown Self as Self. Chavis Daniels Self as Self. Jeff Germany Self as Self. Daniel Lindsay T. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. A documentary that follows the Manassas Tigers football team, a severely underfunded and underprivileged football team -- who were even hired out as a practice team for more successful schools -- as they reverse their fortunes, thanks to coach Bill Courtney.
The game is the easy part. Rated PG for some language. Add content advisory. Did you know Edit. Trivia The film was shot with no lighting or boom microphones. The two filmmaker's were the only one's running cameras, besides a some of the games. The camera's used were Panasonic HPX 's. Quotes Bill Courtney : The character of a man is not measured in how he handles his wins, but what he does with his failures.
User reviews 36 Review. Top review. It is very much in the tradition of Steve James's Hoop Dreams in its exploration of the struggles of inner city African-American youths to overcome great odds using athletics as a means to escape poverty and deprivation. The filmmaker tells the story of Memphis's Manassas Tigers focusing in on the coach and three of his players as they attempt to produce a special season at a school that has had a long history of football futility.
Coach Bill Courtney is an inspiring coach who devotes himself to this football team, even at a cost to the time he can spend with his own family. He makes the team into a family and focuses on character. It enabled the directors Daniel Lindsay and T. The documentary praises Bill Courtney, showing his father-figure speeches and his efforts in the education of these inner-city kids through the sports as well.
Undefeated is a true drama, with captivating real-life characters, whose every win and loss you feel. Although it covers a familiar sports story, Undefeated is definitely fresh and enthralling. Inappropriate Content. Duplicate Content.
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The coaches decide to give him a suspension instead of terminating him entirely, as they feel that football is the only thing giving him guidance in his life at the moment. Ray and his family meet with college recruiters about O. At the season's midpoint, Coach Courtney begins to discuss the possibility of making it to the playoffs with the team, which by this point is In the homecoming game against Hillcrest, Manassas is in the lead when Money suffers an injury to his knee which sidelines him.
Despite this, the Tigers manage to win the game. Money visits his doctor, who tells him he's injured his ACL and will need to be off the field for 8 to 12 weeks. The news is devastating to Money, who falls into a depression and starts missing school.
He feels that the team's attitudes have changed due to his injury; Coach Courtney attempts to convince him not to give up and not to miss school. Chavis comes back from his suspension and offers an apology to the team, asking them to accept him back. He changes his jersey number from 0 to Many on the team forgive him, although Money still hasn't.
Manassas faces St. Benedict and is down at the end of the first half. During halftime, Coach Courtney finds that the team members are blaming each other for botched plays and he becomes enraged, vehemently trying to get them to exhibit the discipline he trained them to have.
Chavis demonstrates a better understanding of Coach Courtney's lessons than he did before his suspension. Chavis is put in the game and leads his team to a victory, bringing them to with a 5-game winning streak. Manassas's success continues over the next few games and the playoffs could be in sight.
Coach Courtney finds that he is taking time and "emotional capital" away from his family to concentrate on the football team. Money engages in physical therapy to speed the recovery of his knee, hoping to play in the last game of the regular season.
Despite his progress, the doctor says it's not safe for him to play, but Money plans on playing anyway. If Manassas loses the final game, there will be no post-season and Money will not be able to finish with his team.
The team prepares for the final game of the season against Kingsbury. Coach Courtney assists Money through an emotional breakdown. During the team meeting, Coach Courtney hands out an "uncommon man" award to Chavis for his performance in the previous game. Chavis takes the opportunity to speak to the team about how he's changed over the season and how he finds himself motivated to help people off the football field, such as his mother.
He points to Money as an example to all of them, praising his perseverance in the face of adversity.
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