Roberto
Clemente was not the first Latino to play in the
majors, but he was the first Latino star to have
a clear and lasting impact on the game of baseball.
As an outspoken and at times controversial player,
he helped to shatter stereotypes about Latinos
and paved the way for the next generation of Latin
American and Caribbean ballplayers.
In an era before players had handlers and press
agents, Clemente was a bona fide humanitarian
and activist. “If you have the chance to
make things better for people coming behind you,
and you don’t,” he famously said,
“You are wasting your time on Earth.”
Clemente is a one hour HD documentary that moves
beyond the standard baseball hagiography, and
delves into who Clemente was as a person as well
as how issues of race, immigration and culture
have shaped the United States in the second half
of the 20th century. |
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Written, Directed and Produced by Bernardo
Ruiz.
Co-Produced by Caroline Waterlow.
Cinematography by
Michael Chin,
Claudio Rocha
& John Foster. |
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