The success of 'The Last Dance' marks a new peak for sports documentaries — a niche genre once given little attention and less funding.
“I think two things have moved the sports documentary genre into prominence,” said Bentley Weiner, an HBO vice president who oversees documentary programming at HBO Sports. “Certainly ESPN’s '30 for 30' and the marketing plan behind it. It’s a brilliantly created idea. Also the evolution of networks, and the realization that these types of films have long-term value.”
Steve James had to persuade public television executivesthat there was value in chronicling the lives of two Chicago inner-city teenage basketball players, William Gates and Arthur Agee. His work would eventually become the critically acclaimed 1994 documentary"Hoop Dreams." James began seeking funding for the documentary in 1986 and began filming a year later.
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