A Cerebral Game

Baseball was so much more than a game for Reid Davenport when he was growing up. It was about belonging and being a team... (more)

Baseball was so much more than a game for Reid Davenport when he was growing up. It was about belonging and being a teammate, despite having cerebral palsy. While Reid didn't play, he relished talking about his beloved New York Yankees with his teammates, eating sunflower seeds and yelling advice to players. This was the closest Reid would ever come to playing the game he loved.. However, as Reid entered his teenage years, he started to feel increasingly like an outcast. In this intimately personal film, Reid explores the parallel between his adolescent loneliness and his ultimate rejection of the game he loved. Reid narrates his own story and uses his shaky movements to mirror both the physical and emotional experience of going through adolescence with a disability.. "Artistic Vision Award", Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2016. "Director's Choice, 4th Prize", Black Maria Film Festival 2015. (less)