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  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Laemmle/Zeller Films
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Laemmle/Zeller Films
  • 1 h 26 m

Summary David Vyorst’s documentary The First Basket 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 ...

Directed By: David Vyorst

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Laemmle/Zeller Films
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Laemmle/Zeller Films
  • 1 h 26 m

The First Basket

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Summary David Vyorst’s documentary The First Basket 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 ...

Directed By: David Vyorst

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Uncovers a fascinating and largely forgotten chapter of the game's history that is well worth revisiting.
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A valuable reminder that for nearly three decades, basketball was dominated by Jewish players - and coaches who found the sport an ideal vehicle for assimilation in the United States.
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The First Basket is more than a triumphalist screw-you to those who think Jews don't play sports.
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The First Basket, a functional (if narrowly interesting) history lesson by the filmmaker David Vyorst, recollects the rich history of Jewish participation in basketball.
By Nathan Lee FULL REVIEW
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A humorless, relentlessly ethnocentric docu about Jews in basketball.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW

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Release Date Oct 29, 2008
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating Not Rated
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