The Two Bills

Phoenix: A Purdue Basketball Story

2024 · ★ 10

The Purdue men's basketball team enjoyed a record-breaking season in 2023-24, reaching the National Championship game and winning a school-record 34 games. This is its story of its journey to Phoenix.

Contenders

An underdog sports documentary about a long suffering high school football program and their turnaround when a former player comes back as the head coach.

Through the Banks of the Red Cedar

2018 · ★ 6.5

In 1963 at Michigan State University, Head Coach Duffy Daugherty chose 23 black men to play on the college team. From this move came legends Gene Washington, Bubba Smith, George Webster and Clinton Jones. Director Maya Washington, Gene Washington’s daughter, charts the legacy of her father’s career and influence, along with the impact the events of 1963 have shown in the present day.

The Billion Dollar Game

2015

In 1989, the NCAA men’s basketball tournament was at a crossroads. Schools from larger conferences like the SEC and Big East didn’t see the need to keep allowing the mid-major teams into the Big Dance. They always lost, so what was the point? When Alonzo Mourning’s no. 1 seed Georgetown Hoyas entered the tournament, they had their eyes set on the Final Four and a national title. Dealing with the likes of Ivy League champion and no. 16 seed Princeton was more of an afterthought. So when these two teams faced off on March 17, 1989, in Providence, Rhode Island, no one, not even Princeton, expected much of a game. They were all wrong. Pete Carril’s Tigers not only played one of the greatest games in college basketball history, they also let the NCAA and the rest of the world know that the mid-majors could play and were here to stay. Without that game, the tournament would not be what it is today — a billion-dollar enterprise that stops America for two weeks each year.

New York Giants Road to XLVI

2012

Road to XLVI chronicles the improbable playoff run of the 2011 Super Bowl Champion New York Giants by presenting the original television broadcasts of each of their four post-season games.

Faith & Fight

2022

Short documentary that lends a platform to the players on the Rattlers football team directly to speak on issues at their university they believe are impacting their student athlete experience. This is the story of FAMU football’s faith in their ability to speak out for what is right, and their fight for the respect and support they deserve as elite student athletes at the #1 public HBCU in America.

Undefeated

2011 · ★ 7.4

Set against the backdrop of a high school football season, Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin’s documentary UNDEFEATED is an intimate chronicle of three underprivileged student-athletes from inner-city Memphis and the volunteer coach trying to help them beat the odds on and off the field. For players and coaches alike, the 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.

League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis

2013 · ★ 7.5

Drawing on the book of the same name, League of Denial crafts a searing two-hour indictment of the National Football League’s decades-long concealment of the link between football related head injuries and brain disorders.

I Hate Christian Laettner

2015 · ★ 7

He made perhaps the most dramatic shot in the history of the NCAA basketball tournament. He's the only player to start in four consecutive Final Fours, and was instrumental in Duke winning two national championships. He had looks, smarts and game. So why has Christian Laettner been disliked so intensely by so many for so long? Maybe it was the time he stomped on the chest of a downed player, or the battles he had with his teammates, or a perceived sense of entitlement. But sometimes, perception isn't reality. "I Hate Christian Laettner" will go beyond the polarizing persona to reveal the complete story behind this lightning rod of college basketball. Featuring extensive access to Laettner, previously unseen footage and perspectives from all sides, this film will be a "gloves-off" examination of the man who has been seen by many as the "Blue Devil Himself."

Student/Athlete

2015 · ★ 7

Profiling Notre Dame kicker Reggie Ho, who played for one season and helped the team go undefeated in 1988. As a walk-on, Ho received no financial support from the school. He was a pure student-athlete who played for the love of the game and for the love of Notre Dame.

Pro Football

1934 · ★ 7

This MGM Oddity features the 1933 National Football League champion Chicago Bears. The team demonstrates various plays, which are shown first in real time, then in slow motion.

The Bikini Open 5

1991 · ★ 1

THE BIKINI OPEN is a special-event, retro series featuring the best swimsuit, fitness, bikini, and modeling competitions from the early 90s.