Leadership Qualities in Remember the Titans …show more content…
The film was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Boaz Yakin. Actors Denzel Washington (Coach Boone), Bill Patton (Coach Yoast), Wood Harris (Julius Campbell), and Ryan Hurst (Gerry Bertier) performed a grand tale of the football life in Virginia. The story specifically takes place in the town of Alexandria, Virginia during a time when the American scholastic system was becoming racially integrated in 1971. However, under Coach Boone, an African-American, was given the opportunity over current Coach Yoast (Caucasian American), to coach the High-School football team that had not fully accepted the racially integrated changes in its society. Dealing with life from diverse perspectives and backgrounds, the two coaches were able to form a bond that united their players which helped bring a much-needed change to the entire community of Alexandria, VA during a time of racial