Event

No No: A Dockumentary

Sep 05 - Sep 11

(Jeff Radice, United States, 2014, 100 min)

Seattle premiere!

Friday, Sep 05 at 08:00PM
Saturday, Sep 06 at 08:00PM
Sunday, Sep 07 at 08:00PM
Monday, Sep 08 at 01:00PM
Monday, Sep 08 at 03:00PM
Monday, Sep 08 at 08:00PM
Tuesday, Sep 09 at 08:00PM
Wednesday, Sep 10 at 08:00PM
Thursday, Sep 11 at 08:00PM

On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirateswhile tripping on LSD. Known for wearing curlers under his baseball cap and refusing to accept the second-class treatment African Americans so often faced in the league, Dock was an outspoken leader of a new wave of civil rights in sports. Called the "Muhammad Ali of Baseball," the press labeled him a militant.

After Dock retired from baseball, he was as outspoken about his addictions to alcohol and amphetamines as he had been about racial prejudice during his career. He spent his last decades using that blunt honesty as a counselor helping other addicts, until his death from liver disease in 2008. No No: A Dockumentary traces the history of the acid-fueled no-hitter and Dock's legacy.