The First Basket (2008)

Directed by

David Vyorst

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at how professional basketball affected Jewish culture. It features interviews with Jewish basketball figures and old footage.

informativenostalgicupbeateducationalculturalreflectivehistorical

What happens

The First Basket is a 2008 documentary film on professional basketball's influence on Jewish culture. It is narrated by Peter Riegert. The film includes interviews and narratives provided by, and footage of, well known Jewish basketball personalities including Ossie Schectman, Red Auerbach, Sidney Hertzberg, and Edward Gottlieb as well as other Jewish basketball players. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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