Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story (2018)

Directed by

Frank W. Chen, Tommy Yu

Genre

documentary film, sport film

Country

Taiwan, United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows professional baseball pitcher Chien-Ming Wang after career-changing injuries. It shows his struggle to return to the Major Leagues and examines his roles as a player, father, son, and reluctant national icon.

determinedreflectiveintimateunderdogemotionalbiographicalportraitbittersweetpersonal

What happens

Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story is a 2018 Taiwanese-American documentary film directed by Frank W Chen. The film follows the latter years of professional baseball pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, the first and only Taiwanese to be signed by the New York Yankees, as he struggles to make it back into the Major Leagues after a series of career-changing injuries. It is a story of a man who is unwilling to give up and unable to let go, as told by those closest to him, examining his roles as an international player, a father, a son, and a reluctant national icon. The film premiered on May 9, 2018, at the 34th Annual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (LAAPFF). It was featured at the 36th Annual Center for Asian American Media Festival (CAAMFest) in San Francisco on May 12, 2018; the 41st Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) in New York City on July 29, 2018; the 13th Annual Orlando Film Festival on October 24, 2018; the 22nd Annual Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) on November 3, 2018; and the 55th Annual Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival in November 2018. Late Life began a limited theatrical run in the United States in October 2018 and was released into Taiwanese theatres in December of the same year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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