Nov

24 2018

Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel - Vancouver Jewish Film Festival

6:45PM - 8:15PM  

Kay Meek Studio Theatre 1700 Mathers Ave
West Vancouver, BC V7V 2G7

Contact Robert Albanese
1.604.266.0245
robert.albanese@vjff.org
http://www.vjff.org

A stirring story of sports 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 finally ranks among the world’s best in 2017, eligible to play 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, and never having 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. As their “Mensch on a Bench” mascot tags along, the team does much soul-searching, discovering the pride of representing Israel on the world stage.