UK Premiere: The Yankles

Reception 7pm/ Film 7.30pm

Dir. David R. Brooks | USA | 2009 | 115 mins | English

In this unashamedly good hearted and uplifting comedy, we follow the fortunes of the most unlikely bunch of sporting heroes – the Yankles, a baseball team made up of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students.

After convincing the school’s rabbi to let the students form a team, the Yankles enlist  a disgraced ex-pro baseball star as their coach (Brian Wimmer) whi is doing community service for a drink driving conviction. Charlie has an impossible task – to whip this bunch of book-worms into shape and lead them through the student championships league.

A fun, light-hearted comedy that gently nudges us to see the ultra-Orthodox world with more open and sensitive eyes.

 

Screening with UK Premiere:

Hold the Soup
Dir. Faye Lederman and Jeremy Nacht | USA | 2008 | 9 mins | English

It’s not the soup but the quality and size of the matzo balls that matters to the home cooks who supply this traditional Jewish staple as contestants vying to be crowned as the world champion of an unexpected culinary event.

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