{"id":1551,"date":"2014-06-06T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T18:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2025-07-27T10:08:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T15:08:04","slug":"internationally-acclaimed-basketball-documentary-marvin-clark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/blog\/index.php\/internationally-acclaimed-basketball-documentary-marvin-clark\/","title":{"rendered":"Internationally Acclaimed Basketball Documentary \u2013 I Am Marvin Clark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coach Mac recently posted a great article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketballforcoaches.com\/35-best-basketball-documentaries\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 35 Best Basketball Documentaries Ever<\/a> on his coaching blog.<\/p>\n<p>This motivated us to post about an inspiring, must-watch documentary that is close to Breakthrough Basketball and is still relatively unknown to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The National Award-Winning and Internationally Acclaimed Basketball Documentary \u2013 <i>I Am Marvin Clark<\/i> shows what an organization (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mokankc.org\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mokan Elite<\/a>), with the right approach to helping kids, can do for an individual like Marvin Clark.<\/p>\n<p>Marvin survived extremely difficult circumstances and defeated the tremendous odds against him to excel on the court as a basketball player. \u00a0He also earned a basketball scholarship to Michigan State University.<\/p>\n<p>Marvin is not only a great basketball player. \u00a0Those close to Marvin will also rave about his character.<\/p>\n<p>You will also see Breakthrough&#8217;s very own Jim Huber and Troy Slavin involved in the documentary. You\u2019ll see Jim coaching Marvin throughout the video. \u00a0You\u2019ll hear the superb job Troy did with the narration.<\/p>\n<p>Jim is the Director of Coach Development and a Camp Director for Breakthrough\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/camps\/\">Youth Basketball Camps<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/camps\/index.html#pointguard\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elite Guard Basketball Camps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Troy Slavin is a Camp Director for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/kc\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas City Basketball Camps<\/a> and is Creative Director for many aspects of Breakthrough Basketball.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s nice to see good things happen for good kids who deserve a shot at life.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the great video!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-hIWwd-2g2c?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coach Mac recently posted a great article The 35 Best Basketball Documentaries Ever on his coaching blog. 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