The newly released film "McFarland, USA" is based on a true story from ... Without the extra pay that the White family needs, Jim White is in trouble. He convinces the school's principal, Camillo ...

Associated Press – "McFarland ... a prickly entry for the White family (the always lovely Maria Bello plays the sadly underdeveloped character of Jim's wife) into McFarland life.

McFarland USA doesn’t downplay the differences between the White family and the community they live in, nor the family’s initial racist assumptions. Early in the film, for instance ...

Genre-wise, Disney's live-action "McFarland, USA" is an inspirational sports drama ... on the true story of high-school football coach Jim White (Costner), who, after an attempted locker-room ...

But while researching the project, I sat down with the Diaz family ... Jim White on McFarland High's first state championship team in 1987, a journey portrayed in the film, "McFarland, USA." ...

The coach who inspired the Disney movie "McFarland USA" being released this week will be at Lubbock Christian University today. Jim "Blanco" White and his family will be on campus for a private ...

They all became a family. “McFarland, USA” illustrated a coach/player dynamic like no other. Jim White understood that in order to successfully motivate his team, he had to show concern for them.

High school coach Jim White transformed his community ... “I never set out to leave a legacy,” White, whose story inspired the new movie McFarland, USA, starring Kevin Costner, tells PEOPLE.

“McFarland, USA” tells the true story of Jim White (Kevin Costner), the downtrodden, recently fired high school football coach who is relocated to a less-than-ideal job. After his impulsive anger ...

The stirring true story of how a scrappy Latino high-school running team beat the odds is treated as a Kevin Costner vehicle first and foremost in “McFarland ... how Jim White and his family ...

The 1980s-set “McFarland, USA” has the answer ... Kevin Costner plays Jim White, a hotheaded high school teacher and football coach who has lost his temper one time too many.

Retired McFarland High School cross country coach Jim White speaks with joy in his voice in a phone interview from Hollywood, where they had an advance screening of Disney’s McFarland, USA, a ...