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No No: A Dockumentary documentary

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Original title: No No: A Dockumentary
Year: 2014
Running time: 100 min.
Country: United States
Director: Jeff Radice
Screenwriter: Jeff Radice
Cast: Documentary, Self: Dock Ellis
Music: Adam Horovitz, Brett Orrison
Cinematography: John Fiege
Producer: Baseball Iconoclasts, Arts+Labor
Genre: Documentary | Sport Documentaries. Baseball. Drugs
Synopsis: In the 1970s Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter on LSD and his outspoken style courted conflict and controversy, but his latter years were spent helping others recover from addiction. No No: A Dockumentary weaves a surprising and moving story of a life in and out of the spotlight.

The story of the pitcher who threw a no-hitter while tripping on acid—known by fans and nonfans alike—has become emblematic of professional baseball’s excess in the 1970s. However, that pitcher, Dock Ellis, had a career and a life that transcended one use of LSD.

During a time when the insular world of baseball was clashing with the world outside, Ellis was widely known as one of the most unabashedly black baseball players ever. Nearly suspended for wearing curlers in his hair and refusing to apologize for or moderate his aggressive behavior, Ellis used drugs to hide his crippling fear of failure.

No No: A Dockumentary provides the backstory to an outrageous anecdote by presenting the full life—warts and all—of a unique baseball player and human being. From Jackie Robinson to Donald Hall, Ron Howard, and others, Dock Ellis touched the lives of many people, as told in this surprising story of redemption.

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Awards: 2014: Sundance Film Festival: U.S. Documentary Competition

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