Ghost Town to Havana

Sep 15 2015 N/A 1h 26m
Documentary, Sport

A rampant, street level story of mentorship and everyday heroism in tough circumstances. An inner city coach's son, estranged in his youth from his father, spends five years on ball fields in inner city Oakland and Havana, following the lives of two extraordinary youth baseball coaches, Roscoe in Oakland and Nicolas in Havana. The coaches meet on videotape and two years of red tape later, Coach Roscoe and nine Oakland players travel to Havana to play Coach Nicolas' team. For one week, the players and coaches eat, dance, swim, argue and play baseball together. But when the parent of an Oakland player is murdered back home, it brings back the inescapable reality and challenges of life in an American inner city.

Plot

A life rampant, street level story of mentorship and everyday heroism in tough circumstances. An inner city coach's son, estranged in his youth from his father, spends five years on ball fields in inner city Oakland and Havana, following the lives of two extraordinary youth baseball coaches, Roscoe in Oakland and Nicolas in Havana. The coaches meet on videotape and two years of red tape later, Coach Roscoe and nine Oakland players travel to Havana to play Coach Nicolas' team. For one week, the players and coaches eat, dance, swim, argue and play baseball together. But when the parent of an Oakland player is murdered back home, it brings back the inescapable reality and challenges of life in an American inner city.

Written by

Eugene Corr

Directed by

Eugene Corr, Roberto Chile

Cast

N/A

Production Countries

Cuba, United States of America

Production Companies

eastman foundation, nulamda trust foundation, San Francisco Film Society, san francisco foundation, california council for the humanities, fleishhacker foundation, The Berkeley FILM Foundation, east bay community foundation, wareham development, east bay media center, Playtwo Pictures

Languages

English, Español

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
9
Average Rating
9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA