‘The Only Real Game’
At Quad Cinema in New York City
“The Only Real Game,” a documentary by Mirra Bank about the popularity of baseball in the isolated state of Manipur in India, will be screened at Quad Cinema in New York City tomorrow through next Thursday.
Ms. Bank, who lives in East Hampton, presents a portrait of the past and present in a complex society that hosts two envoy coaches from Major League Baseball. Images of instructional clinics are intercut with archival material that fills in the history of Manipur, including its ongoing 50 years of martial law.
“The Only Real Game” was presented in December as part of the 2013 Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.