Based on a true story, Walt Disney Pictures'
Remember the Titans (2000) follows the events that took place in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971 when African-American football coach Herman Boone (Academy Award?-winner
Denzel Washington) was hired to guide an integrated but racially polarized high school team - the T.C. Williams Titans. Angry, stubborn and a rigid task master, Boone faces a cool reception from the team's players as well as an awkward relationship with assistant coach Bill Yoast (
Will Patton), a local white coach with seniority and a tradition of winning who was bypassed for the job. As the two men learn to overcome their ignorance and bigotry and realize that they have much in common - integrity, honor and a strong work ethic - they work together to transform a group of angry unfocused players into a dynamic winning team of responsible young men. In the process, they also unite a divided community and ensure that Virginia will always "Remember the Titans."