“3 Points”
10 MIN SAMPLE REEL OF FEATURE documentary FILM with Tracy McGrady
NBA superstar Tracy McGrady travels to Darfur to influence human rights in feature film documentary "3 Points." For his second feature length documentary, director Josh Victor Rothstein crafts a powerful narrative in this eye-opening look at the war-torn region.
Thanks to a #1 spot on Hulu, great exposure on ESPN, the Rachel Maddow show, the Daily News and the L.A. Times, the non-profit that Tracy founded, Darfur Dream Team (DDT), with Enough Project staff Omer Ismail and John Prendergast, provided much-needed educational resources for children has raised significant funds and galvanized people throughout the US to contribute.
Between 2008 and 2014, the (DDT) Sister School Program raised over one million dollars for primary school education in camps Djabal and Goz Amer for Darfuri refugees in eastern Chad. These funds impacted more than 18,500 primary school-aged refugee children, 173 classrooms, and over 213 teachers. It strengthened the foundation of 12 primary schools, including the replacement of open-air and plastic-sheeted structures with concrete and mud buildings and providing all schools with essential school materials such as books, maps, blackboards, desks, and chairs. Over the years, the Darfur Dream Team added more than 18 new teachers, reduced the teacher-to-student ratio by almost half to 1:35, established student/teacher/parent committees, implemented certified eighth grade testing, trained teachers on child protection, built fences, hired school security guards, and created school clubs for girls.
In the process of supporting primary schools, DDT engaged over 350 high schools and universities from across the United States. DDT provided education about the lives of refugees from Darfur, Sudan, through multi-media materials like a movie highlighting Tracy McGrady’s inspiring trip to refugee camp Djabal, a curriculum for middle schools, high schools, and universities, and service-learning opportunities such as the Darfur Dream Team video contest. The national partnership also created a unique satellite-based communications network called Pazocalo, through which more than 27 U.S.-based schools exchanged messages and multi-media with their Darfuri peers for over three years.
While the program has ended, its impact continues.