This is a compelling, moving portrait

of what it was like to be from an upstart country in a sport, shocking the world,
and what it was like to be an early European player in the NBA,
and what it’s like to have your country torn apart by civil war.
It’s also a compelling portrait of the loss of a young athlete.
Unfortunately, the narrator is also the lead interviewee, which not only makes the film awkward – from a technical standpoint, how does a narrator introduce himself? – but leads to easy accusations of bias. I have no idea if it’s biased or not, as I didn’t care about basketball until years later, and I am no expert on the Yugoslavian wars. But, regardless, it’s a poor choice to have Divac both narrate and be an interview. That choice undermines what might otherwise have been one of the best films in the series.