"Go Man Go" is a very low budget film about the early days of the Harlem Globetrotters and their owner/creator, Abe Saperstein. The film stars Dane Clark and Sidney Poitier (before he became famous) but otherwise the actors are mostly small-time actors, unknowns and actual basketball players. The film purports to be the story of the Globetrotters, though how close all this is to the truth, I have no idea.
The game begins with the Globetrotters already in existence and Abe in charge. The film follows them through the lean years, barely getting by (which would also have been true with other basketball teams of the era) and to the time when the team played a legitimate style of basketball and won the world championship.
The story is interesting. What isn't interesting is the extensive use of grainy stock footage. This becomes MUCH worse towards the end, as instead of just briefly showing the big game, it seems to take up a LOT of time with a lot of stock footage. Overall, moderately enjoyable but it left me wishing it was higher budgeted, but considering it's about black athletes and it was made in 1954, it it's actually surprising it was made at all.
The game begins with the Globetrotters already in existence and Abe in charge. The film follows them through the lean years, barely getting by (which would also have been true with other basketball teams of the era) and to the time when the team played a legitimate style of basketball and won the world championship.
The story is interesting. What isn't interesting is the extensive use of grainy stock footage. This becomes MUCH worse towards the end, as instead of just briefly showing the big game, it seems to take up a LOT of time with a lot of stock footage. Overall, moderately enjoyable but it left me wishing it was higher budgeted, but considering it's about black athletes and it was made in 1954, it it's actually surprising it was made at all.