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Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story

1996 · 90 min

A heartfelt, earnest biography that balances the thrill of sports with the quiet weight of mortality, leaving you moved and inspired.

Overview: The biography of Jimmy Valvano, American sports reporter and basketball coach, who died of cancer in 1993.
How it feels: Earnest, uplifting, melancholic and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Sport, death, family, ambition
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: sport
death
family
ambition
healing
Places: school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none