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Wilt Chamberlain: Borscht Belt Bellhop

Shorts in Competition: Documentary

World Premiere

USA | 8 MINUTES | English |

WILT CHAMBERLAIN: BORSCHT BELT BELLHOP

Female Director(s), Sports, Documentary
Before his senior year of high school, Wilt Chamberlain took a summer job at Kutsher’s Country Club, a Jewish resort in the Catskills. By day, he was making $2 an hour. At night, he played on Kutsher’s basketball team, coached by its then-unknown athletic director, Red Auerbach. Mixing interviews with rarely seen archival video, this documentary captures a basketball great in a very different era, the Borscht Belt’s Dirty Dancing-styled heyday.

Screening in Shorts Program: Character Witness

CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Caroline Laskow and Ian Rosenberg

CAROLINE LASKOW and IAN ROSENBERG previously co-directed Welcome To Kutsher’s: The Last Catskills Resort. Laskow’s previous credits include the TFF-selected short Ashtanga, NY. Rosenberg was nominated for an Emmy as producer of the documentary Finishing Heaven. They are married and live on New York’s Lower East Side with their two children.
Director
Caroline Laskow, Ian Rosenberg
Editor
D.S. Fuller
Cinematographer
D.S. Fuller, Michael Halsband
Executive Producer
John Dahl, Connor Schell, Bill Simmons (for ESPN Films)
Producer
Daniel Silver (for ESPN Films)
Assistant Producer
Lili du Toit

CONTACTS

International Sales Contact
Caroline Laskow
New York, 10002
Phone: 646 228 4138
kutshersdoc@gmail.com
Print Source
Caroline Laskow
New York, 10002
Phone: 646 228 4138
kutshersdoc@gmail.com
Press Contact
Jennifer Cingari Christie
ESPN
New York, NY 10023
Phone: 646 547 5840
jennifer.j.cingari@espn.com
US Sales Contact
Caroline Laskow
New York, 10002
Phone: 646 228 4138
kutshersdoc@gmail.com