Documentary Film About Squash Legend Hashim Khan Comes to the Screen
Sept. 30, 2010 - New York, NY. “Keep Eye on Ball: The Hashim Khan Story,” a documentary film about the first great legend of the sport of squash, will be screened in several US cities beginning September 30, 2010. The screening dates and locations include:
Thursday, September 30, 2010, 7pm – Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Avenue, NYC
Friday, October 23, 2010, 3pm – Williamstown Film Festival, Williamstown, MA
Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 7pm -The Maryland Club, 1 E Eager St Baltimore, MD
Thursday, November 4, 2010, 7:30pm - Avon Theater, 272 Bedford St, Stamford, CT
Thursday, February 3, 2011 – Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr, PA
Additional information about these screenings is available at www.squashfilms.com.
Keep Eye on Ball: The Hashim Khan Story traces the extraordinary life of Pakistan’s first national hero, the father of modern squash and a proud Pashtun. In 1951, four years after the partition of India and Pakistan, 37-year-old Hashim Khan was permitted to enter the British Open. Virtually unknown at the time, he upended the elite squash world by winning the first of his seven British Open titles. He went on to create the “Khan Dynasty” — teaching his brother, cousins and sons the game, and turning them all into champions.
Keep Eye on Ball is more than the remarkable story of this squash legend. It goes beyond the four walls of the squash court, tracing Hashim’s story from a turbulent moment in the history of three nations — England, India and Pakistan — to his life as a Muslim in post-9/11 America. The documentary includes rare footage of the Khyber Pass and the remote Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan.
“Having received an enthusiastic reception already at several film festivals, we are thrilled to bring this incredible story to a wider audience,” said filmmakers Beth Rasin and Josh Easdon. The film has been screened at the Hamilton International Film Festival, the Detroit Windsor Film Festival and received the Audience Choice Award at the DocuWest Film Festival.