Winner of a 2001
Peabody Award
Voted Best Non-Fiction Film 2000
by the New York Film Critics Association
Best Documentary 2000
National Board Review of Motion Pictures
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 home
run 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!
Best Documentary 2000
Chicago Film Critics
Best Documentary 2000
Las Vegas Film Critics
Voted Best Documentary
Film 2001
by the National Society of Film Critics
Best Documentary
2001 Festival de Sevilla Cine y Deporte
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Best Documentary 2000
Florida Film Critics
The President's Award
2001 Columbus International Film & Video Festival
1999 CINE Golden Eagle
Award Winner
Spirit Award
for Best Sports Documentary
International Sports Video and Film Awards
A Recent Quote from a fan
"After watching the Hank
Greenberg documentary on Showtime last night, I felt it necessary
to contact you. YOUR documentary was not only a magnificent
american piece BUT more importantly a magnificent piece of jewish
history. It was the first time that I ENJOYED crying!! I cried for
Hank's triumphs and for the disgusting treatment he endured at the
onset of his remarkable career. AH LEBEN AUF DIR!!! I look forward
to the Gertrude Berg (who I was fortunate to know) film."
--Gary Stern,
Hill Crest Inn
Audience
Award Winner
Washington Jewish
Film Festival
Audience
Award Winner
Hong
Kong Jewish Film Festival
Audience
Award Winner
Hamptons International Film Festival
Runner up, Best
Documentary 2000
Los Angeles Film
Critics
Honorable Mention
Boston Film Critics