Remember The Titans

Based (oh, so very loosely) on the real events of the  T.C Williams high school football team in Alexandria, Virginia during 1971 as the school is integrated.  Black and white football players are forced to play together AND get to know each other as human beings.  This is a story about leadership  through change and also about how school is often a place where students experience huge social change.  Denzel Washington stars as the hard-ass Coach Boone.  Ryan Gosling, in his early, awkward days, can’t be missed.  If you ever had a coach who taught you about much more than just “the game” then take a couple of hours to watch this movie (free now on Disney +) and then join us as we talk about it.  Because that is what we do; we talk about movies that talk about schools.

Our guest this month is our friend Issac Vaughn, the Senior VP of business operations at Zenefits, Trustee emeritus at Hillbrook School, and a terrific storyteller.  Issac shares his stories of playing football at Lincoln High School in San Francisco before he became the first (and last) African American QB at Santa Clara University.  You’ll want to hear the full B-sides interview later this month!

Side note: Lots of people talk about the soundtrack of this movie.  You can listen to it here on Spotify. Thank us later.