Stealing Home (2001 film)

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Stealing Home
Directed byRobert Anderson Clift
Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky
Written bySalomé Aguilera Skvirsky
Produced byRobert Anderson Clift
Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky
M. Zach Richter
Narrated by Yareli Arizmendi
CinematographyAlvin Krinsky
Buddy Squires
Edited byRobert Anderson Clift
Keir Peirson
Distributed by PBS
Release date
  • June 18, 2001 (2001-06-18)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200,000 (est.)

Stealing Home: The Case of Contemporary Cuban Baseball, commonly known as Stealing Home, is a 2001 documentary about Cuban baseball defectors. [1] The documentary was filmed in the United States, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic. [1]

Contents

Cast

NameRole
Carlos Rodriguez AcostaHimself – Cuban government official
Yareli Arizmendi Narrator
Sigfredo BarrosHimself – Cuban sports journalist
Orlando ChineaHimself – Baseball coach
Joe CubasHimself – Sports agent
Jorge DiazHimself – Baseball player
Roberto González Echevarría Himself – Author
Adrián Hernández Himself – Baseball player
Joe Kehoskie Himself – Sports agent
Alan KleinHimself – Sports anthropologist
Angel LopezHimself – Baseball player
Lucia Newman Herself – CNN reporter (archive footage)
Antonio Pacheco Himself – Baseball player

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References

  1. 1 2 "Stealing Home". PBS. Retrieved 22 September 2011.