A Passion For Baseball In a Strife Ridden Border State

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 21, 2015

Mirra Bank wrote, directed and produced "The Only Real Game," which explores the power of baseball for people in the once princely state of Manipur. Located in volatile northeast India, the region defies gun violence, drug trafficking, and HIV/AIDS through a surprising passion for America’s national pastime.  

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