Award-winning filmmaker Aviva Kempner (Rosenwald) hits another home run with this amazing story of Moe Berg, the Major League Baseball player turned WWII spy. Berg’s extraordinary, improbable story is told with rare historical footage and revealing interviews with an all-star roster of commentators from the worlds of history, sports, and spy-craft.
Film in Portland will be followed by a Skype discussion with filmmaker Aviva Kempner.
Film in Brunswick will be introduced by Paul Linet, life-long baseball fan and aficionado of its history, with discussion to follow.
Brunswick presentation is made possible by the Bowdoin Cinema Studies Program, the Bowdoin Film Society, Bowdoin Hillel, the Rachel Lord Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, the Bowdoin College Baseball Team, and the Blythe Bickel Edwards Fund.
‘Reams of interviews and archival footage makes this unbelievable story believable’ Christian Science Monitor‘
Kempner’s passion for her remarkable subject is always evident’ NY times
Film Details: Documentary/ Dir: Aviva Kempner/USA/2019/101m
Festivals: Dayton Int’l Jewish FF, Toronto Jewish FF, Jewish Int’l FF Australia, Rutgers Jewish FF, Denver Jewish FF
