around the globe
About this Event
In partnership with Dolby Laboratories, please join us for a special screening of Grassroots Baseball’s new documentary SEE HER BE HER at the Dolby Cinema in San Francisco on February 22 at 2:00 pm.
The screening with be followed by a Q&A with a panel of women baseball experts. USA Baseball Women’s National Team coach Alex Oglesby, Team USA star two-way player Kelsie Whitmore - the only woman in the United States playing professionally - and Baseball For All’s Lena Park, are expected to join Jean Fruth for the Q&A and book signing.
Admission is $15 for adults, and all students ages 8 years and older – including college students – are free of charge. All tickets must be reserved prior to the screening.
Proceeds from ticket and book sales will benefit Little League International’s “Girls with Game” program to increase opportunities for girls in baseball.
SEE HER BE HER is a feature-length film is about women’s baseball around the globe and follows the lives of seven stars who are at the pinnacle of their game and represent the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Japan, South Korea, Cuba and Uganda. In the intense battle for the World Cup Championship, they want victory — for themselves, for their team, for their countries, and for the sheer love of the game—but their greatest triumph is the path they are blazing for future generations of female players.
The film also includes Hall of Famers Cal Ripken, Jr., Tony Pérez, Ferguson Jenkins and Ichiro Suzuki, who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in July, as well as retired major league superstars Chan Ho Park and Jimmy Rollins, all of whom strongly support the women’s game.
The film is directed and produced by acclaimed sports photographer Jean Fruth and produced by Jeff Idelson, former president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum.
If you are unable to attend the screening, but would still like to purchase the SEE HER BE HER companion book, you can do so .
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Dolby Laboratories, 1275 Market Street, San Francisco, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 80.00