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Chicago Premiere! Ballhawks
Gene Siskel Film Center 164 N. State Street
Friday, May 28-6PM-8PM SOLDOUT, Saturday, May 29-8:30PM, Sunday 5:30PM

You’ve got to be crazy to be a Cubs fan, and a little bit crazier to be a Ballhawk–one of the glove-wearing true believers who faithfully patrol the streets just beyond Wrigley Field’s hallowed ivy-covered walls in the hope of catching an out-of-the-park clout, preferably on the fly. Mike Diedrich’s documentary takes an affectionate, amusing, and at times poignant look at this only-in-Chicago obsession and the singular personalities who pursue it: undisputed king Moe Mullins (with over 4,000 lifetime catches), exuberant “rookie” George Field, controversial maverick Super Dave Davison, and many more. The film’s specialized subject-matter provides a unique, oblique angle that illuminates sports fandom, the special agonies and ecstasies of Cub fandom, and larger issues that verge on the (gulp) downright philosophical. As one of the Ballhawks says, “It’s all about time…holding onto time.” HD video. (MR)

Director Mike Diedrich and selected Ballhawks will be present for audience discussion at on Friday (8:00 screening only), Saturday, and Sunday.

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