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“’The Only Real Game’ peels back the curtain on the beauty and the character of Manipur…magnificently photographed and edited…”

Andrew Botsford, Co-host of the Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival

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“The Only Real Game… is a wonderful nod to the philanthropic side of Major League Baseball. But the real heroes are the residents…”

AZ Central

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“The Only Real Game is a stunning film on baseball, politics in Manipur, India…”

Barry M. Bloom

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“In cricket crazy India, America’s National Pastime has found a foothold…”

NY Daily News

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“A beautiful film by Mirra Bank… high quality and interesting in both entertainment and social value….”

CBS The Couch – Melissa Leo Interview

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“In a state steeped in decades-old insurgency, Bank turns her gaze towards the people who find solace in this American game…”

The Indian Express

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“Game On! …how people of the troubled, isolated state of Manipur are connecting with the world through baseball.”

ELLE India

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“Brings to life the characters to whom baseball… has brought agency, strength, and most of all joy.”

India Abroad

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“…wonderful—detailed and absorbing, and very inspiring without being sentimental…”

MORE Magazine

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“American soldiers brought the game to Manipur [in northeastern India] during World War II and started a tradition that has lasted all these years.”

NBC Sports – Hardball Talk

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“Bank has discovered another part of
the world where baseball rules…”

Sag Harbor Express

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“In the face of daunting odds of gender, geography and living under the gun, women and girls are the power players…”

Women and Hollywood

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“Heartwarming and heartbreaking in equal measure….”

Musee

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“It’s Not Just Cricket: US Exports Baseball To India…”

The Times of India

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“Best baseball film ever!”

Statesman News Service

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“Manipur Baseball Camp Concludes”

The Telegraph Guwahati

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“Touching First Base”

India Today

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“US Manipur Baseball Project Will Realise Dreams of Players In Manipur”

Imphal Free Press

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“US film ‘explores the power’ of baseball in Manipur.”

Real Bollywood News, Melissa Leo interview

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“Despite living in turmoil, local residents’ passion for baseball is strong in ‘The Only Real Game’”

Kevin Phelan – Lohud

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