Undefeated.

Undefeated.

Key Cast: Bill Courtney, O.C. Brown, Montrail 'Money' Brown.

Director: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin.

Genre: Sport Documentary

Themes: Friendship, Teamwork, Poverty

Release: August 2012

Gross: $562,281

Key scenes:

A key scene within this documentary is when 'Money' is not allowed to play football for Manassas. This is significant as he is a main person in this documentary who the audience is rooting for. Because the audience is positioned to see the documentary from the perspective of the Manassas football team, we ultimately want them to achieve and win, so by one of the key players being not allowed to play football makes the audience feel sympathy towards him. The audience fee as if they are one of the players in the football team so when something goes wrong they feel how it feels for the Manassas football team. 

Another key scene in the film is when the Coach goes to the house of Chavis in order to try and get him to come back to the football team. This is significant because it helps show how invested Coach Bill is ad how much he wants to help these kids who need football. This reveals part of his personality and makes the audience connect with him more. Because the audience sees such a positive relationship between the coach and the team shows them that he isn't a normal coach and that he will do anything for them.

Key Micro-features:

An important micro-feature in the documentary is Mise-en-scene. Through out the documentary the audience sees where the team of Manassas live and what it is like to live there. The young boys come from a violent and poor area which is significant because it helps show why the boys are so desperate to play football. They need football in order to get themselves a better life and go to college. The mise-en-scene is also important because again it helps explain why Coach Bill has volunteered for six years as it shows that he wants to make sure that the young boys get what they deserve rather than what they have been given.

Comparable:

A similar film to this documentary is 23 Blast (2014). This film is also based on a true story of a blind footballer who's coach will do anything to get him back playing on the field. The films have similar themes but also have a similar character, the coach. The coaches in the films both want to change the reputations of the team they are coaching. In Undefeated the coach wants to show Manassas to be serious competitors rather than a football team who never win. In Blast 23, the coach wants to prove that even though Travis is blind it cant hold him back. In both films they have the same idea that people should never give up on what they want.