Friday Night Lights, 25th Anniversary Edition

Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa--the winningest high-school football team in Texas history.

Odessa is not known to be a town big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this small, dusty town going.

Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business.

In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control; in good times, its murder rate skyrockets.

But every Friday night from September to December, when the Permian High School Panthers play football, this West Texas town becomes a place where dreams can come true.

With frankness and compassion, H.

G.

Bissinger chronicles a season in the life of Odessa and shows how single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires--and sometimes shatters--the teenagers who wear the Panthers' uniforms.