Storyline

The story of Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Greenberg is told through archival film footage and interviews with Jewish and non-Jewish fans, his former teammates, his friends, and his family. As a great first baseman with the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg endured antisemitism and became a hero and source of inspiration throughout the Jewish community, not incidentally leading the Tigers to Major League dominance in the 1930s.—George S. Davis

Plot Keywords

baseball, detroit michigan, jew, new york, 1940s, independent film, anti semitism, pittsburgh pennsylvania, world war two, 1930s, baseball movie, f rated, name in title, seven word title, pennsylvania, michigan, character name in title

Short Review

It's an adroit manipulation of interviews and stock footage, mostly along the lines of establishing not so much what Hammerin' Hank did for himself, but what he meant to American Jews.

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