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Holy Land Hardball, the long-awaited documentary about the Israel Baseball League, will be among 13 movies screened at the Fourth Annual Baseball Film Festival at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY.
The film will be shown as part of a session that begins at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Oct 4.
From the press release:
When Boston bagel maker Larry Baras wanted to create a professional baseball league in Israel, his idea was met with incredulity, dismissal, and even hostility. He attempted it anyway. Among the ballplayers swept up in his unlikely quest: a 41-year-old father of three with a Peter Pan complex; a 27-year-old Brooklyn artist/DJ still finding himself after the disappointment of not being drafted out of college; a 34-year-old father-to-be whose own father, now deceased, fought for Israel’s independence in 1948; and a 22-year-old African-American who was told by a preacher at a young age he would one day “play in front of God’s people.” Also along for the ride are former Jewish major leaguers Art Shamsky, Ken Holtzman, and Ron Blomberg — as team managers in the Israel Baseball League.
Tickets for the Film Festival are free of charge but limited and must be reserved. Members of the museum may reserve their tickets immediately, and any remaining seats will made available to the general public beginning Monday, Sept. 28, by calling the Membership department at 607-547-0397 or visiting the Membership desk in the Museum. The Awards Ceremony will be held on Sunday, Oct. 4, at 3 p.m. in the Grandstand Theater and is open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
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But where did the millions of dollars Baras collected go?
That’s for another movie…