You may not think a documentary about Lithuanian basketball players sounds very enticing, but The Other Dream Team is terrific.
What does the 1992 Lithuanian Olympic basketball team have to do with the Grateful Dead? Find out in this documentary that mixes basketball, international politics, and the fall of the Iron Curtain. At the 1988 Olympics, the USSR won the gold medal in basketball over the US, but many of the main players were Lithuanian, made to compete for their Soviet occupiers. The emergence of an independent Lithuania, the stories of the players, the country’s basketball fever, and an Olympic comeback make for an exciting story.
The Other Dream Team plays:
Fri May 25, Harvard Exit, 8:30 pm
Sun May 27, Harvard Exit, 3 pm
Thurs May 31, Harvard Exit, 9 pm
Director Marius Markevicius scheduled to attend May 25 and 27 screenings.
Tickets here.
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