Documentary 09/14/2016 100m

Jai Alai Blues (2016)

"A history of the fronton"

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The story of how a humble Basque rural sport called zesta punta —or jai alai— was successfully exported from the Basque Country to nations as different as Egypt, China, the Philippines, Cuba, Mexico or the United States. In these places, the pelotaris were considered true artists at the fronton. But the splendour of the jai alai, the happy feast, could not last forever.

Gorka Bilbao

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Gorka Bilbao

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