Ghost Town to Havana (2015)
Ghost Town to Havana (2015)
A rampant, street level story of mentorship and everyday heroism in tough circumstances. An inner city coach's son, estranged in his youth from his father, spends five years on ball fields in inner city Oakland and Havana, following the lives of two extraordinary youth baseball coaches, Roscoe in Oakland and Nicolas in Havana. The coaches meet on videotape and two years of red tape later, Coach Roscoe and nine Oakland players travel to Havana to play Coach Nicolas' team. For one week, the players and coaches eat, dance, swim, argue and play baseball together. But when the parent of an Oakland player is murdered back home, it brings back the inescapable reality and challenges of life in an American inner city.

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Roscoe Bryant Roscoe Bryant As: Himself
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A rampant, street level story of mentorship and everyday heroism in tough circumstances. An inner city coach's son, estranged in his youth from his father, spends five years on ball fields in inner city Oakland and Havana, following the lives of two extraordinary youth baseball coaches, Roscoe in Oakland and Nicolas in Havana. The coaches meet on videotape and two years of red tape later, Coach Roscoe and nine Oakland players travel to Havana to play Coach Nicolas' team. For one week, the players and coaches eat, dance, swim, argue and play baseball together. But when the parent of an Oakland player is murdered back home, it brings back the inescapable reality and challenges of life in an American inner city.


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Details

Genres: Documentary

Language: English, Español

Release Date: 15 September 2015

Country: CU, US

Runtime: 86m

Company Credits

Company: wareham development, Playtwo Pictures, The Berkeley FILM Foundation, california council for the humanities, east bay community foundation, east bay media center, eastman foundation, fleishhacker foundation, nulamda trust foundation, San Francisco Film Society, san francisco foundation

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Writing Credits

Production Crew

Matthew Chandler

Matthew Chandler

Associate Producer

Eugene Corr

Eugene Corr

Producer

Liza Corr

Liza Corr

Associate Producer

Robert Deutsch

Robert Deutsch

Executive Producer

Ruth Shapiro

Ruth Shapiro

Executive Producer

Max Stein

Max Stein

Associate Producer

Gary Weimberg

Gary Weimberg

Co-Producer

Roberto Chile

Roberto Chile

Co-Producer

Daniel Ben-Horin

Daniel Ben-Horin

Finance

Catherine Murphy

Catherine Murphy

Production Manager

Edited By

Matthew Baldwin

Matthew Baldwin

Editor

Gary Weimberg

Gary Weimberg

Editor

Steve Bloom

Steve Bloom

Additional Editing

Jennifer Chinlund

Jennifer Chinlund

Additional Editing

Melissa Elbirt

Melissa Elbirt

Assistant Editor

Chris Faber

Chris Faber

Additional Editing

Thea Ruoho

Thea Ruoho

Additional Editorial Assistant

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

Daniel Chile

Daniel Chile

Production Sound Mixer

Salvador Combarro

Salvador Combarro

Production Sound Mixer

Juan Matos

Juan Matos

Production Sound Mixer

Philip Perkins

Philip Perkins

Sound Designer

Philip Perkins

Philip Perkins

Sound Editor

Philip Perkins

Philip Perkins

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Jason Boyce

Jason Boyce

Additional Camera

Will Monts

Will Monts

Additional Camera

Tamsin Orion

Tamsin Orion

Additional Camera

Emiko Omori

Emiko Omori

Director of Photography

Monica Lam

Monica Lam

Director of Photography

Roberto Chile

Roberto Chile

Director of Photography

Steve Burns

Steve Burns

Director of Photography

Ashley James

Ashley James

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Not currently known.

Other Crew

John Nutt

John Nutt

Post Production Supervisor

Camille Thomasson

Camille Thomasson

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