The First Basket

Name: The First Basket
Genre: Sport, Documentary
Released: October 29, 2008
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 52

2008

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Laemmle/Zeller Films | Release Date: October 29, 2008 | Not Rated

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 wasDavid 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 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 culture. (Laemmle/Zeller Films)… Expand

Director: David Vyorst

Genre(s): Sport, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 86 min

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Sam Adams

Uncovers a fascinating and largely forgotten chapter of the game's history that is well worth revisiting. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

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. Read full review

Ella Taylor

The First Basket is more than a triumphalist screw-you to those who think Jews don't play sports. Read full review

Nathan Lee

The First Basket, a functional (if narrowly interesting) history lesson by the filmmaker David Vyorst, recollects the rich history of Jewish participation in basketball. Read full review

Ronnie Scheib

A humorless, relentlessly ethnocentric docu about Jews in basketball. Read full review

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