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FIRST BASKET, THE w/Jewish Women in American Sport (short): SJFF 2008
Date From April 06, 2008 5:15 PM
Until April 06, 2008 7:15 PM
 
Location
Cinerama
2100 4th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
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Info Line 206.622.6315
Website http://www.seattlejewishfilm...
 
Contact Pamela Lavitt
1402 3rd Ave. Suite 405
Seattle, WA 98101

206.622.6315
lavittp@ajc.org
 
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Description
13TH ANNUAL SEATTLE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2008

THE FIRST BASKET
Cinerama: Sunday, April 6th, 5:15 PM
(U.S.A., 2007, 86 min, English)
Director: David Vyorst

Topics: Basketball, Jews in Sports, Immigration, American Jewish Life, NYC/Lower East Side History, Archival Footage

Is basketball is the ultimate Jewish sport? The owners and managers certainly were. But what about the players and promoters? According to this documentary, it seems everybody was Jewish! The first NBA points were scored by guess who?: Jewish power-forward Ossie Schectman on November 1, 1946 as the New York Knicks beat the Toronto Huskies. This great film brings back all the names you remember and observes the role sports played in the immigrant experience and in weaving the fabric of the U.S. as we know it. Who knew (ver veyz).

JEWISH WOMEN IN AMERICAN SPORT (short)
(U.S.A., 2007, 27 min, English)
Director/Producer: Shuli Eshel
Executive Producer/Historian: Dr. Linda J. Borish

Topics: Women, Sports, Women Director, NYC/Lower East Side History

From the Settlement Houses to the Olympics, this short documentary captures the historic role Jewish women have played in shaping American sports.

   
   
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