Hoop Dreams is about two young black men with their career as basketball players. William and Arthur have to undergo many hardships in practice, faced with the discrimination. While from the family, they have to cope with poverty, must fend for other family members, including those who are addicted to drugs. Film provides a closest look of life in a city of the US, and is also a story of two potential athletes, with moments of happiness, the difficulties time they have experienced in 5 years.