Dreams and
Nightmares
January-March 2022
In North Carolina's poorest community resides its richest basketball. Kinston High School basketball coach Perry Tyndall rejected documentary requests by Netflix and others but allowed us to spend a season behind the scenes with his program for a multi-part written and video series examining the challenges kids face to survive when basketball may be their only way out.
Series Content
Written pieces are behind a hard paywall. A PDF example of Part 1 can be found here.
Part 1
Inside NC’s poorest community lies its richest basketball where nightmares fight dreams
Part 2
It started as a basketball game. It ended as a reminder of what Kinston is up against.
Part 3
As teens are gunned down in Kinston, can basketball’s refuge prevent another victim?
Part 4
On the banks of the Neuse River, basketball is the escape many teens turn to in order to keep away from gangs and violence. Eventually, their playing careers end.
