Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story (2010)

Directed by

Peter Miller

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the relationship between American Jews and baseball. It covers the history and cultural connections through interviews and archival footage. Narrator Dustin Hoffman guides the story.

nostalgicinformativewarmcelebratoryheartfelteducationalenthusiasticreflective

What happens

Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story is a 2010 American documentary film narrated by Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman, written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Ira Berkow, and directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker Peter Miller. It is about the connection and history between American Jews and baseball. Kenneth Turan of The Los Angeles Times wrote that the "warm and enthusiastic" film "not only lives up to its title... but also delivers a bit extra as well". The documentary received the Best Editing Award at the Breckenridge Film Festival for Editor Amy Linton, the Audience Choice Award at the 2011 Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival, and the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Documentary at the 2011 Seattle Jewish Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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