No No: A Dockumentary
Sep 05 - Sep 11, 2014
(Jeff Radice, United States, 2014, 100 min)
U.S. premiere!
Join us for a conversation with Producer Chris Cortez following Friday's opening night screening!
On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates—while tripping on LSD. Known for wearing curlers under his baseball cap and refusing to accept the second-class treatment African Americans so often faced in the league, Dock was an outspoken leader of a new wave of civil rights in sports. Called the “Muhammad Ali of Baseball,” the press labeled him a militant.
After Dock retired from baseball, he was as outspoken about his addictions to alcohol and amphetamines as he had been about racial prejudice during his career. He spent his last decades using that blunt honesty as a counselor helping other addicts, until his death from liver disease in 2008. No No: A Dockumentary traces the history of the acid-fueled no-hitter and Dock’s legacy.
- Join us on Friday, September 5 for a conversation with producer Chris Cortez, following the opening night screening!
Chris Cortez has produced, written and directed theater and film in Austin, Texas and New York City. During the ten year journey to make No No: A Dockumentary, Chris was a true utility player, doing everything from producer to researcher to cameraman. Dock Ellis told him, "Let's make a movie!" He is truly glad he listened. He lives with his wife and twin daughters in Portland, Oregon.
"the story of the all-American miracle" —The Stranger
"unfailingly entertaining and occasionally even mind-blowing" —The Seattle Times
"As this smart and sympathetic profile shows, Dock Ellis didn't need a no-hitter, stoned or otherwise, to define himself; he was his own best work." —The New York Times
"No No is fascinating for its ’70s collision of politics and PEDs" —Seattle Weekly
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