What Carter Lost

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What Carter Lost (2017)

Directed by Adam Hootnick

Documentary · 1h 17m

There’s high school football, and then there’s Texas high school football. Oddly enough though, one of the greatest teams in state history has been lost to time—and fate. “What Carter Lost” is the saga of that team, the 1988 Dallas Carter Cowboys. With 21 players who were offered college scholarships and several who went on to the NFL, Carter took on the best that Texas had to offer, including the Odessa Permian team that inspired Friday Night Lights, as well as the worst: in a racially charged state-wide dispute over one player’s algebra grade and Carter’s legitimacy. Somehow, the team won the championship that year. Yet not too long after, the legacy they worked so hard for was thrown away after a group of players made a terrible decision. With personal interviews with players, coaches and family members, as well as glimpses of their lives today, “What Carter Lost” is ultimately about what Carter found.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Adam Hootnick

Details

Release date
2017-08-24
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
ESPN Films