It was the year of 1971, music blared and neon lights zipped across the stadium as the announcers began to introduce the football teams to their fans. Palpable excitement buzzed through the charged air as the crowd erupted into a mighty cheer. The Titans then stepped out onto the field, performing their usual wacky cheer and singing along the way. A few minutes later the game began, and the Titans were relentless. That was the semifinal game of the 1971 football playoff season, where somehow the
tries to begin a racially divided team at T.C. Williams High School in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Alexandria, Virginia during the 1970s. Actor Will Patton plays Bill Yoast who led his team to fifteen winning seasons is demoted to the assistance coach under Boone, who is very tough, opinionated, and very different from the beloved Yoast. Ryan Hurst and Wood Harris play two of the main football players Gerry Bertier and Julius Campbell. “Remember the Titans” was released September 2000 during a year
day of school. According to ESPN it wasnt like that at all, yes people were upset that the school was becoming integrated, fights abrawled but not to a point where people where picketing it. In a Reel Life article Jeff Merron states, "My friend Bill Yoast ... told me Disney had taken liberties with the facts, suggesting an overheated atmosphere of racial animosities and fears at the school and in the community that just hadn't
Film through history has had a powerful effect on culture. People have used this media to make statements and try to create conversation for years. The film ‘Remember the Titans’ is no different. This film shows the viewer the reality of the struggle for black Americans trying to gain equality and to live peaceful, normal lives, and simply attain the “American Dream”. Remember the Titans reinforces the text when it references assimilation goals, increasing resources and the importance of coalitions
schools in Virginia that were integrated. Bill Yoast the head coach is replaced by Herman Boone. The two teams are forced to come together which causes problems but the problems make them stronger as a team/community and also shows the viewer important messages/themes like overcoming racism and the bond of friendship. In 1971 based on true events, two schools in Alexandria, Virginia were integrated to form T.C. Williams High School. The head coach Bill Yoast of the Titan’s (who is European American)
set aside their racial differences. The movie begins with the current T.C. Williams head coach, Bill Yoast, being replaced by Herman Boone as a way to reduce racial tension between the white and black communities. It is important to note that coach Yoast is white and coach Boone is African-American. Initially, coach Boone did not want the head coaching job because he thought it was unfair to coach Yoast. However, after realizing how important it was to his community, he took the job and eventually
Remember the Titans: Reaffirming Gender Expectations Disney's Remember the Titans (2000) depicts the first season Herman Boone serves as head football coach of the T.C. Williams Titans in Alexandra, Virginia. The beginning of the movie shows how Bill Yoast, a Hall of Fame caliber coach, becomes the assistant coach to Herman Boone when Virginia public schools integrate in the early 1970's. Upon the temporary resolution to those coaching conflicts, the racially divided players and coaches go to football
to coach the T.C. Williams Titans. Coach Boone faced a difficult task coaching at a primary Caucasian school in early 1970. The Caucasion players were reluctant to play for a black coach. He also had an awkward relationship with assistant coach, Bill Yoast. Not only did Coach Boone and his family face challenges with his team and colleges, there was also challenges with the communities. As these two coaches began to work, sync and show their truthfulness and principle to the young men they were coaching
integration in order to form a cohesive football team. There are four main characters: Head Coach Herman Boone, Assistant Coach Bill Yoast, Team Captain Gerry Bertier, and his defensive line partner, Julius Campbell. For the purpose of this paper’s goal of assessing styles of followership, we will concentrate on only two individuals: Yoast and Bertier. Both Yoast and Bertier could be identified as critical thinkers. Each is able to think independently and is conscious
as African American coach Herman Boone and Will Patton as Caucasian coach Bill Yoast. Remember the Titans takes place in the early 1970’s in Alexandria, VA. The movie is based on the integration of a black school with a white school known as T.C. Williams High. Racial tension is raised within the community when the first African American, Coach Herman Boone, is hired. Coach Boone takes the head coach position from coach Yoast, which did not come as a welcome change. The two coaches set aside their
A 2000 film, Remember the Titans, is based on a true story. This movie portrays an African American Coach Herman Boone played by Denzel Washington and a successful Caucasian high school coach Bill Yoast played by Will Patton. This movie takes place during period when schools in Virginia were segregated. It wasn’t until the early 70’s when a federal mandate came into play requiring that two schools in Alexandria, Virginia integrate its students. As a part of this change, the Alexandria school board
The Titans were flawless, in the sense that they were greater than the gods. They could not be killed, and thus they were invincible. Their universe was ruled with absolute power. The football team of T.C. Williams High School were the Titans of Alexandra, Virginia. Their football field was their universe and with such power, they controlled the field with merciless victory. This did not mean that the players were perfect, rather that together, unified perfection was achieved. In the film Remember
(the black team leader) who were assigned to room together (Remember the Titans, 19:10). As practice gets underway, there is constant conflict between teammates and coaches alike. Yoast makes it obvious that he doesn’t always agree with what Boone is doing by his facial expressions and his tone of voice. At one point, Yoast talks to Boone about letting the boys have some fun and Boone is not willing to hear any new ideas (Remember the Titans,
Will Patton as Bill Yoast, and Wood Harris as Julius Campbell. The movie takes place in Alexandria Virginia 1971, right as the school was starting to integrate to form T.C. Williams High School It was one of the few schools in the south to integrate this early. Racism was a big issue for African Americans The movie had a good way of showing the main social issue of racism in Alexandria. In 1971 two schools in Alexandria integrated to form T.C. Williams High School. Head coach Bill Yoast is replaced
others think they are supposed to act towards each other. The goal specificity is also clear in the movie. Coach Boone expects his team to be ‘perfect’, he expects them to win the Virginia State Championship. Former head coach and now assistant coach Bill Yoast, played by Will Patton, is also a very influential person and good leader. He is in charge...
race coach, has just moved from North Carolina to Virginia. He was offered a job opportunity at T.C. Williams high school, and was there to replace Bill Yoast (Will Patton). Coach Yoast decided to leave, but later stayed when during a meeting with his football players, they threatened to boycott T.C Williams and not attend school. Hence, coach Yoast agreed to stay and be part of the football team as assistant coach. Although, the players were not satisfied that they will be playing with team members
Titans by Gregory Allen Howard, based on a true story, a high school in Virginia is forced to accept black students into their school. Denzel Washington plays the role of a coach known as Coach Herman Boone who replaced the highly successful Coach Bill Yoast of the white school. These two coaches have to learn how to trust and depend on one another to unite and have a successful football team. Herman Boone tried to get a high school football team to come together and put aside the students differences
initially uncomfortable with his reasons for getting the job, but he vows to be color-blind in his treatment of his players” (Berardinelli). When the two teams first come together Bill Yoast, played by Will Patton, storms into the gymnasium with all the white players interrupting Boone’s team meeting. Once interrupted Boone and Yoast get into an argument, Boone says “The best player will play, color won’t matter” Yoast’s response is “From the looks of our little situation we got us here, I think that’s about
different trials and tribulations to reach one common goal, unity. African American coach Herman Boone is appointed as the new football coach of T.C. Williams High School, a predominantly white school in Virginia, over the white coach by the name of Bill Yoast. They are forced to work together and shape the integrated groups into one unified team. Two captains of opposite race by the names of Gary Berteir(White) and Julius Campbell(African American) first struggle to move past segregation when it came
the team of this high school, thus replacing Bill Yoast who was the old white-skinned Coach who feels offended by this destitution and more than anything else because they replaced him with a black person, although, the coach offers him a position in the directive and he rejects the work because it would be in a position below him, a man with colored skin. The players refuse to play with the new coach for having removed the position to his "father" Bill and then is when