Roberto Clemente

Bernardo Ruiz | Documentary

2008 | 60 minutes | United States

Explore the life of Roberto Clemente, the man who broke racial barriers to become baseball’s first Latino superstar.

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Explore the life of Roberto Clemente, the man who broke racial barriers to become baseball’s first Latino superstar. Featuring interviews with Pulitzer Prize-winning authors David Maraniss and George F. Will, Clemente’s wife Vera, Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda, and former teammates, the documentary presents an intimate and revealing portrait of a man whose passion and grace made him a legend.

Roberto Clemente was originally part of PBS' collection The U.S. Latino Experience.

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Main credits

Ruiz, Bernardo (film director)
Ruiz, Bernardo (film producer)
Ruiz, Bernardo (screenwriter)
Smits, Jimmy (narrator)

Other credits

Editor, James Rutenbeck; cinematographers, Michael Chin, Claudio Rocha; music, Gary Lionelli.


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DIRECTOR: Bernardo Ruiz

NATIONALITY: United States

YEAR: 2008

GENRE: Documentary

LANGUAGE: English

COLOR / B&W: Color

GRADE LEVEL: Upper Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College, Adults

SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE

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