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Through the Fire
Directed byJonathan Hock
Produced byJonathan Hock
Philip A. Aromando
Diane Houslin
Christopher Kenneally
Asha Rubin
StarringSebastian Telfair
CinematographyAlastair Christopher
Edited bySam Citron
Steven Pilgrim
Music byPete Miser
Duncan Sheik
Distributed byESPN
Cinema Libre Studio
Crosstown Releasing
Release dates
  • April 21, 2005 (2005-04-21) (Tribeca Film Festival)
  • February 10, 2006 (2006-02-10) (United States)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Through the Fire is a 2005 documentary film. The film focuses on Sebastian Telfair as he goes through his senior year at Abraham Lincoln High School in New York City. Throughout the film, Sebastian is faced with the choice between college in Louisville or making the jump from high school to the NBA.

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Since the age of nine, Sebastian Telfair has been a well known player on the basketball courts in his hometown of Brooklyn. Now entering his senior year of high school, Sebastian is determined to get his team, the Lincoln Railsplitters, to their third straight PSAL championship title. He is also faced with the decision to either attend The University of Louisville or make the jump from high school to the NBA in order to provide for his family and get them out of the projects of New York City. Telfair's environment also plays a big part in his life. He deals with a death and having the entire neighborhood depending on him to be next in the line of great New York point guards.

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