Breakaway

Except for a little footage of child player Maya Moore, the first 8 minutes is uninteresting and boring to death. Fortunately, there is a good twist when Jonathan Irons (much more charismatic than hers) gives his testimony. Then we have a documentary on bad racist police, on hard life in poor neighborhood where crime is always a strong possibility to make a living, on unfair Justice that aims to put black people in jail instead of following the laws. The police's racism is addressed once more when it comes to Black Lives Matter movement, when Maya Moore is already a star (and many impressive stats and plays are shown in the film). Anyway, the documentary has ups and downs, without a good script, and I cannot help but say that Maya is an awsome basketball player and good-hearted person, but not really an interesting character (she is shy and her interviews do not work). Differently from Jonathan, who has a quite moving life story and captivates the spectator. However, the film alternates its focus, in a not very integrated way between both stories, and the outcome is that it is not well explored enough to make a very good movie. To resume, it is a great story (the only reason why I did not give it a 6-star rank) which is, however, not presented in the best way in the documentary as it deserved.