Menemsha Films is proud to announce that the acclaimed documentary film “Israel Swings For Gold” will make its North American theatrical premiere May 5th In Delray Beach and Lake Worth.
Team Israel Olympian Tal Erel and director Daniel A. Miller will be in person opening weekend to meet fans and sign autographs. Tal Erel will be joined by his teammate, former Major League Baseball player Ryan Lavarnway during the screenings. Tal Erel and Ryan Lavarnway will be at all the screenings May 6 and 7 and May 13 and 14 in Delray Beach except for the last showing on Sunday evening.
Directors Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger, creators of the award-winning documentary “Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel,” present the next chapter of the story in “Israel Swings For Gold,” which tells the story of Israel’s baseball team competing in the Tokyo Olympics for the first time in 2021. With no media allowed in the Olympic Village due to COVID restrictions, the players have no choice but to record their own experiences. Mostly newly minted Israelis, they log unexpected battles against global anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. Victory came on the playing field, even if not on the podium.
“Israel Swings for Gold” follows the hit 2018 documentary film “Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel,” which told the story of Israel’s Cinderella run in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, seen as a testament to the Jewish Will, to persevere against all odds. “Heading Home” won eight film festival awards, was a hit in theaters and is now available on all digital platforms. The Los Angeles Times called the film “a winning David vs. Goliath baseball documentary that covers all the crowd-pleasing bases.”
Menemsha Films is currently screening “Israel Swings For Gold” on the North American film festival circuit, with the intention of releasing it in cinemas around the country throughout 2023 and beyond, following the premiere in South Florida this spring.
Neil Friedman of Menemsha Films says: “One has to stop and think about the against-all-odds chances of Team Israel being only one of six countries qualifying for the Summer Olympic Games. The Jamaican bobsled team qualifying for the 1988 Winter Olympics is the best frame of reference for comprehending this incredible feat.”
“As directors, we jumped into another opportunity to capture history in the making. Little did we know how much more complicated their journey would be,” says directors Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger. Their company, Ironbound Films, creates award-winning documentaries for theaters, television and the web.
Exclusively at Movies of Delray in Delray Beach and Movies of Lake Worth in Lake Worth.
Movies of Delray
Friday to Thursday: 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m. with an additional showing on Saturday night at 9 p.m.
Movies of Lake Worth
Friday to Thursday: 12:45 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and an additional showing at 9 p.m. on Saturday night.
Movies of Delray is located at 7421 W Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach. Call (561) 638-0020 for more information.
Movies of Lake Worth is located at 7380 Lake Worth Road, Lake Worth. Call (561) 968-4545 for more information.
Visit www.MenemshaFilms.com
