Chi-Town
Chi-Town

Chi-Town

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2018
1h 22m
6.3(3 votes)
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Overview

An underdog basketball player from Chicago goes on a meteoric rise to become one of the best college point guards in the nation. But while he pursues dreams of the NBA, his success contrasts with the effects of gun violence on his friends back home.

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