Passing Glory is a 1999 basketball-drama film produced for TNT, written by Harold Sylvester, and directed by Steve James.

This movie stars Andre Braugher, Rip Torn, and Sean Squire, and features a speaking role by Arthur Agee, subject of the documentary Hoop Dreams, also directed by Steve James.

It focuses on the struggles that Father Joseph Verrett had in trying to pull the game off and trying to earn respect for his team.

"I teach history," he informs the headmaster when asked to take over the suddenly vacant position of basketball coach.

The blacks have to go to a separate "coloreds only" line at fast food outlets, and ordering a meal in the wrong place can and does get you thrown in jail.