Miami Dolphins superstar running back Tony Nathan attended Woodlawn High School in Birmingham AL when it was controversially desegregated in 1973. Tony and several other black players join the school's predominantly-white football team. The coach, Tandy Gerelds, tells the team to use their shared anger at repeated violent incidents to unite them, but black and white players clash on and off the field. The 2015 film Woodlawn starring Caleb Castille as Nathan and Nic Bishop as Coach Gerelds, with Jon Voight as Bear Bryant is based on his high school years.
After a riot at the school, Gerelds lets traveling sports chaplain Hank Erwin speak to the team as a "motivational speaker". Hank's speech moves nearly the entire team to accept Hank's invitation to commit their lives to follow Jesus Christ, and to join together in prayer and work. Gerelds does not accept the invitation, and is unsure what to make of the event.
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