{"id":21129,"date":"2012-02-13T21:37:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T05:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=21129"},"modified":"2012-02-13T22:37:24","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T06:37:24","slug":"the-other-dream-team-marius-markevicius-2012-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=21129","title":{"rendered":"The Other Dream Team (Marius Markevicius, 2012): USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/M\/MV5BMTgzMDIwNTEyOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzYxNjgxNw@@._V1._SX640_SY436_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"305\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed by Krista Marquez, Santa Barbara Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you like basketball then you should know and love the history of Lithuania&#8217;s Bronze Olympic medalists of 1991. \u00a0More so about freedom and passion than basketball, at heart, this film shows what it takes to come out of Soviet rule and on top of world basketball.<\/p>\n<p>The oppression of communism doesn&#8217;t keep the Lithuanian basketball team from proving they are one of the best teams in the world. \u00a0They represent a light of hope in the dark for their country as they fight the good fight all the way to the 1991 World Olympics. \u00a0In the film, we talk to some of the members of the team who talk about their experiences of living in a nation controlled by the USSR. \u00a0They speak of tight restrictions and are told what to say against their will, in representation of their oppressors, the USSR. \u00a0Every victory made by this team was done for their entire country. \u00a0The team also gained fame from the support of the Grateful Dead gifting them tie dyed uniforms which they wore to the &#8217;91 Olympics, something that will live on in basketball history around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I am not a fan of basketball, but this film touched my heart and made a fan out of me. \u00a0I recommend this film to everyone, young and old, sporty or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by Krista Marquez, Santa Barbara Film Festival. &nbsp; If you like basketball then you should know and love the history of Lithuania&#8217;s Bronze Olympic medalists of 1991. \u00a0More so about freedom and passion than basketball, at heart, this film shows what it takes to come out of Soviet rule and on top of world [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1971,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-films","category-santa-barbara-film-festival-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1971"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}