The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (2000)

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Rating: PG

Release Date: Jan 12, 2000

Running Time: 95 mins.

Running Time: 89 mins. (V)

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Hank Greenberg, Stephen Greenberg, Glenn Greenberg, Bob Feller, Charlie Gehringer, Walter Matthau, Alan Dershowitz, Sander Levin, Carl Levin, Michael Moriarty

director: Aviva Kempner

Portrait of baseball's first Jewish star. Bronx-born Hank Greenberg's achievements during the "Golden Age of Baseball" in the 1930s and '40s rivaled those of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. He also helped break down the barriers of discrimination in American sports and society. Greenberg was a beacon of hope to millions of American Jews who faced bigotry during the Depression and WWII. Tall (6'4"), handsome and uncommonly good-natured, Greenberg became "the baseball Moses," an icon for everyone from Walter Matthau to Alan Dershowitz.

The life and discrimination faced by ''Hammering Hank'' Greenberg, the first Jewish baseball star, is told in this documentary by Aviva Kempner.

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From his outfield stint with the Detroit Tigers to his bid for Babe Ruth's single-season home run record (he fell short by two), the road to the Hall of Fame was not an easy one. Among the more memorable moments: Greenberg's decisions not to play crucial games because they fell on certain Jewish holidays (and subsequently, the Tigers lost) and the…