3/13/2023 0 Comments Through The Fire Sebastian TelfairMedia and player are mutually manipulated-Telfair puts up a front, Sports Illustrated gets its cover boy, and the sneaker contract gets signed. Jamel takes every precaution to ensure Sebastian’s success on and off the court, coaching him to convey a “Tiger Woods” image, clean and smiling. Living in the projects, Telfair sees his cousin Stephon Marbury hit it rich in the NBA, while his brother Jamel Thomas, a starter at Providence, is left undrafted and has to join a European league to pay the bills. An ESPN production (scheduled to air on March 12), it’s slickly shot and structured like a Bruckheimer sports weepie, but director Jonathan Hock also shows the image-production of Telfair as star. A riveting doc of hoop dreams realized, Through the Fire follows Coney Island legend (and current Portland Trail Blazer) Sebastian Telfair through his final high school season, focusing on his decision to skip college and go pro.
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