No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson (S01E10)

Commissioned by ESPN's highly regarded 30 for 30 series, James returns to his hometown of Hampton, Virginia, to revisit the trial of another Hampton native, NBA star Allen Iverson. In 1997, when Iverson was a rising high school basketball star, he became the focal point of a criminal trial that consumed their racially divided town. An incident at a local bowling alley escalated into a racial brawl. After the investigation, only four charges were laid, all against black teens. James investigates the trial and those involved, including lawyers, judges, activists and some of the accused. Despite Iverson's aversion to taking part in this film and some subjects' hesitation to dig up the past, James confronts the history of racial divisions in his hometown, asking "when it comes to our own complicated struggles with race and class, justice and injustice, retribution and redemption, what do we want our children to see?" The result is his most personal documentary to date. (Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival)