Small Ball: A Little League Story
This documentary – filmed in 2003 – captures the hope, thrills and excitement of players, parents and coaches as a team of 11 and 12-year-old Little Leaguers go from their small northern California town all the way to the Little League Baseball World Series Championships in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
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Film Credits
A film by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker
Produced and Directed by Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker
Co-Produced and Edited by Peter Odabashian
Coordinating Producer: Sandra Zweig
Director of Photography: John Chater
Associate Producer: Joan Goldsmith
Executive Producer: Tracy Vosburgh
Total Running Time 86 minutes
Sponsor/Funders
A production of the Center for New American Media and WPSU, in association with ITVS, the Independent Television Service
Funding support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Williamsport-Lycoming Foundation
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