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BS High

Follows the investigation which occurred when the Bishop Sycamore Centurions, a presumed high school football team from Columbus, Ohio, took on perennial prep powerhouse, IMG Academy.

Director

Travon Free, Martin Desmond Roe

Year

Genre

documentary, sport

Box Office

N/A

Production

Hyperobject Industries,SMAC Entertainment,Matador Content,Moore Street Productions,HBO Sports Documentaries

Awards

1 nomination

Homepage

https://www.hbo.com/movies/bs-high

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Anger is a blanket
emotion, right? - BS High

Anger is a blanket emotion, right?

You're reading some
of these things - BS High

You're reading some of these things

"What could I have done better?" - BS High

"What could I have done better?"

This is where we're holding up - BS High

This is where we're holding up

So, I took a crash
course in body language. - BS High

So, I took a crash course in body language.

Do you realize if I
sit in a certain way, - BS High

Do you realize if I sit in a certain way,

I think that Roy is
probably thrilled - BS High

I think that Roy is probably thrilled

Did me wanting to
be so loved and seen - BS High

Did me wanting to be so loved and seen

I used to be a local news
reporter in Columbus, Ohio, - BS High

I used to be a local news reporter in Columbus, Ohio,

I'm a son, a brother, a nephew, - BS High

I'm a son, a brother, a nephew,

But for a little bit
easier answer - BS High

But for a little bit easier answer

The A-Team. - BS High

I took the embodiment
of that show. - BS High

I took the embodiment of that show.

Hannibal would come up
with plans all the time. - BS High

Hannibal would come up with plans all the time.

♪ (THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪ - BS High

♪ (THEME MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪

But the courage
to do what we did - BS High

But the courage to do what we did

♪ (GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - BS High

♪ (GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Even at that young age, I
would look at Pepper Johnson, - BS High

Even at that young age, I would look at Pepper Johnson,

♪ (CHOIR MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - BS High

♪ (CHOIR MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Born in New York, and I
was raised in Long Island. - BS High

Born in New York, and I was raised in Long Island.

And my brother and I would
be champing at the bit - BS High

And my brother and I would be champing at the bit

As a big brother,
I wanted to make sure - BS High

As a big brother, I wanted to make sure

So when my brother
went to Ohio State, - BS High

So when my brother went to Ohio State,

I had been working - BS High

I had been working

So, they came to me and said, - BS High

So, they came to me and said,

I had coached for a long
time, and I was like, - BS High

I had coached for a long time, and I was like,

And what better place to do that
than Ohio? - BS High

And what better place to do that than Ohio?

And my wife is over
there and she's like, - BS High

And my wife is over there and she's like,

What's going on? Is it
Roy or is it Regina?" - BS High

What's going on? Is it Roy or is it Regina?"

Of course, he would say that, - BS High

Of course, he would say that,

The goal was to get
the school started - BS High

The goal was to get the school started

It takes years to build
something like this." - BS High

It takes years to build something like this."

Take out a 100,000 dollar
life insurance policy. - BS High

Take out a 100,000 dollar life insurance policy.

You can leave whatever
percentages to your family - BS High

You can leave whatever percentages to your family

And once he gave me that list,
it's just like anything else. - BS High

And once he gave me that list, it's just like anything ...

♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - BS High

♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Kept talking to people, - BS High

Kept talking to people,

We had got engineers
and architects - BS High

We had got engineers and architects

And the facility had a
rooftop basketball court - BS High

And the facility had a rooftop basketball court

He's like, "Branham, that place
you took me to, SuperKick, - BS High

He's like, "Branham, that place you took me to, Su...

I go up to SuperKick
indoor facility. - BS High

I go up to SuperKick indoor facility.

There was a bus,
like a tour bus, - BS High

There was a bus, like a tour bus,

How can you go and coach
a team of young kids - BS High

How can you go and coach a team of young kids

It's my philosophy
of business is, - BS High

It's my philosophy of business is,

I trusted Roy all
up into the point - BS High

I trusted Roy all up into the point

I'm insecure,
I'm an extremist, - BS High

I'm insecure, I'm an extremist,

I... I remember the first day - BS High

I... I remember the first day

COF Academy was Christians
of Faith Academy, - BS High

COF Academy was Christians of Faith Academy,

♪ (WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - BS High

♪ (WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

It was my job and, uh, I
was pretty good at my job. - BS High

It was my job and, uh, I was pretty good at my job.

The Ohio High School
Athletic Association - BS High

The Ohio High School Athletic Association

Its general mission is to
have some sort of fairness - BS High

Its general mission is to have some sort of fairness

Ben loves rules. - BS High

Ben loves rules.

I was intrigued by Roy, um, - BS High

I was intrigued by Roy, um,

And his life provided
a fantastic case study - BS High

And his life provided a fantastic case study

I met Roy at an indoor soccer
training place called SuperKick. - BS High

I met Roy at an indoor soccer training place called SuperKic...

- They were having a media day. - BS High

- They were having a media day.

There's like, kids
running around, - BS High

There's like, kids running around,

It was pretty much just me - BS High

It was pretty much just me

Roy was sharper than - BS High

Roy was sharper than

Um, he knew how to
talk about things - BS High

Um, he knew how to talk about things

This dude had long
Adidas socks on, - BS High

This dude had long Adidas socks on,

So, he sat down, but the
moment the guy started talking, - BS High

So, he sat down, but the moment the guy started talking,

Talked for two or three hours. - BS High

Talked for two or three hours.

No problem." - BS High

The plan was to have them get
as much film as they could, - BS High

The plan was to have them get as much film as they could,

He... He said, - BS High

It seemed like we were
gonna kind of build... - BS High

It seemed like we were gonna kind of build...

You know, you don't want to say - BS High

You know, you don't want to say

Um, kind of be the
creative directors - BS High

Um, kind of be the creative directors

This here is a brotherhood. - BS High

This here is a brotherhood.

They are probably the most
known school in the country - BS High

They are probably the most known school in the country

Nothing about IMG seems
like a high school. - BS High

Nothing about IMG seems like a high school.

They're kind of like
the establishment, - BS High

They're kind of like the establishment,

I think Roy looked
at IMG Academy - BS High

I think Roy looked at IMG Academy

Be that because they didn't have
the grades to get into college - BS High

Be that because they didn't have the grades to get into...

And that's really the dream
that they sold them on, - BS High

And that's really the dream that they sold them on,

These are the schools that
you see on television. - BS High

These are the schools that you see on television.

So, I walked around,
talked to other coaches - BS High

So, I walked around, talked to other coaches

So, I walked around,
talked to other coaches - BS High

So, I walked around, talked to other coaches

I'm gonna let go of his
neck after I grab it." - BS High

I'm gonna let go of his neck after I grab it."

And then it was just
these couple - BS High

And then it was just these couple

- ♪ (GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)
♪ The real shocker came - BS High

- ♪ (GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ The real shocker came

This is the part I go back
and forth on all the time - BS High

This is the part I go back and forth on all the time

♪ (LIGHTHEARTED MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - BS High

♪ (LIGHTHEARTED MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

Go back to these 50 kids
and say, "Let me do you - BS High

Go back to these 50 kids and say, "Let me do you

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - BS High

♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪

We played in a gorgeous stadium. - BS High

We played in a gorgeous stadium.

We played 11 games - BS High

We played 11 games

This is what let us know
that the dream was possible. - BS High

This is what let us know that the dream was possible.

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Follows the investigation which occurred when the Bishop Sycamore Centurions, a presumed high school football team from Columbus, Ohio, took on perennial prep powerhouse, IMG Academy.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Travon Free, Martin Desmond Roe

Writer: N/A

Production: Hyperobject Industries,SMAC Entertainment,Matador Content,Moore Street Productions,HBO Sports Documentaries

Genre: documentary, sport

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 23 Aug 2023

Awards: 1 nomination

Homepage: https://www.hbo.com/movies/bs-high