Awards
- 1994 Sundance Film Festival: Audience Award for Best Documentary
- 1994 Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Documentary
- 1994 Chicago Film Critics Award: Best Picture
- 1994 Producers Guild of America: Special Merit
- 1995 Academy Award Nomination: Best Editing
- 1995 George Foster Peabody Award
- 1995 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
- National Society of Film Critics: Best Documentary
- New York Film Critics Circle: Best Documentary
- Directors Guild of America: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
- National Film Registry
In 2007, the International Documentary Association named Hoop Dreams as its selection for the all-time greatest documentary.
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