Heading Home: The
Tale of Team Israel
With Director Jeremy
Newberger in person
Saturday, September
7th at 7:30 PM
$12 Members | Public
$17
A stirring story of
sports, patriotism and personal growth, Heading Home charts the underdog
journey of Israel's national baseball team competing for the first time in the
World Baseball Classic.
After years of defeat, Team Israel is finally ranked among the world's best in
2017, eligible to compete in the prestigious international tournament. Their
line-up included several Jewish American Major League players Ike Davis, Josh
Zeid and ex-Braves catcher Ryan Lavarnway most with a tenuous relationship to
Judaism, let alone having ever set foot in Israel. Their odyssey takes them
from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem where they are greeted as heroes, to Seoul where
they must debunk their has-been, wannabe reputations. With their Mensch on the
Bench mascot by their side, the team laughs, cries, and does much
soul-searching, discovering the pride of representing Israel on the world
stage. (USA, 2018, 90
min., NR, English| Dir. Director)