The First Basket
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
David Vyorst
Peter Riegert
Katri Billard
Dennis P Boni
Jennifer Crescenzo
Erin Essenmacher
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Synopsis
Explores the impact that basketball had on modern Jewish history, as well as the profound influence that unsung Jewish pioneers had on the evolution of basketball, as it grew from a game played with ash-cans on tenement steps to the second most popular sport in the world. Though basketball was invented by Dr. James Naismith in Massachusetts, the game spread like wildfire through turn-of-the-century New York settlement houses and proved a perfect fit for urban Jewish kids. By the 1920s, basketball had become a staple of life in American Jewish communities, and many of the top teams grew out of these neighborhoods.
Director
David Vyorst
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Released in United States Fall October 29, 2008
Released in United States November 14, 2008
Released in United States Fall October 29, 2008
Released in United States November 14, 2008 (Los Angeles)
