Tagline: Reach for it with everything you’ve got.
Pride movie storyline. Based on the true story of inner city Philadelphia swim coach Jim Ellis. The story revolves around Ellis’ fight to build a swim team in one of Philly’s toughest neighborhoods in the 1970s. Ultimately, Ellis leads the swimmers to the state championships. (“P.D.R.” stands for Philadelphia Dept. of Recreation).
The year is 1973, and Jim Ellis, a college-educated African-American, can’t find a job. Driven by his love of competitive swimming, Jim converts an abandoned recreational pool hall in a Philadelphia slum with the help of Elston, a local janitor. But when city officials mark the new Philadelphia Department of Recreation for demolition, Jim fights back–by starting the city’s first African-American swim team.
Recruiting troubled teens from the streets, Jim struggles to transform a motley team of novices into capable swimmers–all in time for the upcoming state championships. But as racism, violence and an unsympathetic city official threaten to tear the team apart, Jim must do everything he can to convince his swimmers that victory, both in and out of the pool, is within their reach.
Pride (2007)
Directed by: Sunu Gonera
Starring: Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, Tom Arnold, Regine Nehy, Kevin Phillips, Kimberly Elise, Alphonso McAuley, Nate Parker, Scott Eastwood, Carol Sutton, Evan Ross
Screenplay by: Mike Gozzard
Production Design by: Steve Saklad
Cinematography by: Matthew F. Leonetti
Film Editing by: Billy Fox
Costume Design by: Paul A. Simmons Jr.
Set Decoration by: Leonard R. Spears
Art Direction by: Monroe Kelly
Music by: Aaron Zigman
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic material, language including some racial epithets, and violence.
Distributed by: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: March 23, 2007
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