“’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
“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
“The Only Real Game is a stunning film on baseball, politics in Manipur, India…”
Barry M. Bloom
“In cricket crazy India, America’s National Pastime has found a foothold…”
NY Daily News
“A beautiful film by Mirra Bank… high quality and interesting in both entertainment and social value….”
CBS The Couch – Melissa Leo Interview
“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
“Game On! …how people of the troubled, isolated state of Manipur are connecting with the world through baseball.”
ELLE India
“Brings to life the characters to whom baseball… has brought agency, strength, and most of all joy.”
India Abroad
“…wonderful—detailed and absorbing, and very inspiring without being sentimental…”
MORE Magazine
“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
“Bank has discovered another part of
the world where baseball rules…”
Sag Harbor Express
“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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