In this moving, long-form conversation, journalist and documentary filmmaker Ted Green recounts his journey from an early aspiration to be the next William Faulkner, to his 20-year career in sports journalism, to his natural evolution into storytelling through documentary films.
Green’s stated goal is to “celebrate the triumph of the human spirit” through his work, and his latest project, “The Best We’ve Got: The Carl Erskine Story,” certainly does that. Listen in as Green reflects on his subject, the “skinny kid from Anderson, Indiana” who became a baseball legend, pitched the first nationally televised no-hitter against Willie Mays and the Giants in 1956, and who Jackie Robinson was proud to call a teammate, an ally, and a true friend.
He also discusses Erskine’s influence on the acceptance of people with disabilities – his fourth child was born with Down syndrome – and on the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, to which he contributed his celebrity for bedrock fundraising.
You’ll also hear about his widely acclaimed documentary film “Eva: A-7063,” the true story of a Holocaust survivor’s extraordinary journey to forgive the Nazis who killed her family.
Ted Green has won 21 regional Emmy Awards. His documentaries have been screened in film festivals worldwide and at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and have been featured in The New York Times and Forbes.com. “Eva: A-7063” aired on 95 percent of U.S. PBS stations and in Germany. “Undefeated: The Roger Brown Story” aired on ESPN Classic for several years. Ted holds a BA in American History from Princeton University and a Masters from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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