Join filmmaker and 7-time Emmy award-winner, Larry Foley, for a special screening of his film, "The First Boys of Spring"

Date: 
Nov 15, 2016, 6:00 pm to Nov 16, 2016, 5:45 pm

Winner of Mid-America Emmy Awards for Writing and Cultural Documentary, The First Boys of Spring is a one-hour documentary by filmmaker Larry Foley, Professor and Chair of Lemke Journalism Department at the University of Arkansas.

Narrated by Academy Award winning actor Billy Bob Thornton, the film tells stories of baseball Hall of Famers who worked out, gambled and partied in Hot Springs, including Rube Foster, Cy Young, Satchel Paige, Honus Wagner and baseball’s first superstar, Mike “King” Kelly.

Tuesday, November 15

6:00 pm

Straub Hall 145

Free and open to the public

For more information on the screening, please review the complete Synopsis of The First Boys of Spring.  

 
The First Boys of Spring movie poster