The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg DVD

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In the 1930s Jewish mothers would ask their sons: “What kind of day did Hank have?” Hank Greenberg, the Detroit Tigers slugger who came close to breaking Babe Ruth’s homerun record, was baseball’s first Jewish star. Tall (6’4″), handsome, and uncommonly good-natured, Greenberg was a secular Jew from the Bronx who became “the baseball Moses,” an icon for everyone from Walter Matthau (“I joined the Beverly Hills tennis club to eat lunch with him. I don’t even play tennis”) to Alan Dershowitz (“I thought he’d become the first Jewish president”). Aviva Kempner’s loving tribute is chock full of wonderful archival footage from the ’30s and ’40s and interviews with a self-effacing Greenberg and many of his Tiger teammates. Plus Mandy Patinkin’s rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” — in Yiddish!

This Peabody Award-winning film is a humorous and nostalgic documentary about an extraordinary baseball player who transcended religious prejudice to become an American icon. The DVD is packed with extras, including:

  • Exclusive interview with Ted Williams!
  • Commentary with Writer/Producer/Director Aviva Kempner
  • Over 2 hours of interviews with fans, celebrities, and baseball players
  • Hank Greenberg Biography and Stats
  • And much more!

The main feature on the DVD runs 95 minutes and plays in English. English subtitles are also available.

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