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Baseball-ing in Manipur
Mumbai Mirror | Aseem Chhabra | October 6, 2013
Mirra Banks had travelled to India a number of times, but in 2006 she experienced something that was incredible, a story that filmmakers only dream about. That year, with the support of some friends, Banks and a small crew travelled from New York to Manipur in search of a story about baseball and the passion Manipuris have for the American sport.
"It is such an unlikely story," Banks says from her home in New York City. Her 2002 documentary Last Dance was shortlisted for the Oscars. "And I was also very attracted by the fact that Manipur was truly unknown, and apparently to most Indians as well."
Baseball came to Manipur during the World War II when the American armed forces were stationed in the region to counter a potential Japanese invasion of India. Banks managed to find two surviving American veterans who recall the time they spent playing the sport while waiting for the war to happen.
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