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The Fighting Cocks pride themselves as the losingest team in the hard partying Humboldt Park kickball league, a freewheeling mobocracy of misfits who face off every Sunday in ChicagoŐs brief but glorious summer against the likes of The Christ Punchers, Ronnie's Finger Beef Blasters and Team Orange. KC and Sarah are the king and queen of Kickball Prom and the beating heart of the Fighting Cocks. KC maintains the leagueŐs iconoclastic conscience by running bases backwards, inventing absurd rules and provoking the ire of more serious rivals. Kickball is far more than a game for many of these players. ItŐs a lifestyle and a family free of judgment, a way to remain kids in defiance of the inevitable encroachment of aging and responsibility. ThereŐs a tinge of darkness on the edge of the fun as some playersŐ debauchery crosses over into addiction while others deal with disappointed expectations and unfulfilled ambitions. As the season draws to a close, a moment of shocking devastation tests the bonds these suspended adolescents have forged over a summer of fun and games. As Eric Melin of Scenestealers.com says, This group of punks celebrate non-conformity but itŐs how they come together as adults that give 'Left Field' its biggest victory.
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Humboldt Productions is proud to present its first film, "Left Field: The official story of Chicago's unofficial kickball league".
This documentary has screened at several film festivals in 2009 and 2010 including The Austin Film Festival, The New Hampshire Film Festival,
The Kansas International Film Festival and many others including a special screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago.
The movie has been featured in the Chicago Reader, The Chicago Sun-Times, NPR, WGN radio, Timeout Chicago, The Austinist,
The Lawrence Journal World and several other publications. The film features KC Haywood, Sarah Hart, Patrick O'Connor, Ron and Katie Kelso,
Jaisen Ehas, Gina Black and other larger than life characters soaking up the sun playing their favorite childhood game.