Ambition can provide fulfilling yet fragile windows of opportunity. Few basketball odes embody that notion better than the critically acclaimed film “Hoop Dreams,” which celebrated the 30th anniversary of its release on Monday. Though the documentary follows the path of then-aspiring hoopers and Chicago natives William Gates and Arthur Agee, who remain respected

In the opinions of the two most famous film critics in the country in 1994, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert of Siskel & Ebert fame, not to mention a number of their colleagues at other media outlets, the best film of 1994 was…a documentary about two high school hoopers from Chicago.

“Hoop Dreams” turns 30 this year- the famous story of two young Chicagoans (Arthur Agee and William Gates) trying to become professional basketball players. Arthur and William never fulfilled their dream of making the NBA, but the subjects of the groundbreaking 1994 doc ended up making more of an impact than many who did.