The film follows three Cuban ball players, Happy Oliveros, Carlos O. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. … It’s leaving and abandoning everything you’re ever known to take a chance on your dream.” “These guys have this core drive that I can really identify with.
Khan has been working for several years on The Last Out, a feature-length documentary following three Cuban baseball players hoping to play in the major leagues.Ī fan of baseball, basketball and soccer, Khan said he was encouraged by his wife “to do something with my fandom – something more constructive than just a distraction.”Īnd there was a wave of defections by notable Cuban baseball players five or six years ago that Khan saw as a potential story. Louis Superman played at the Tribeca festival last year and earned a special jury prize, and it’s where Khan and others working on The Last Out believed was the best fit for its premiere. “I just want to make sure they get back all right.” Khan said he was most worried about the health of everyone, including family members who were travelling overseas. “We’re just waiting to see what happens.”
Statements by the film festival left open the possibility it could be rescheduled, he said.
“The last week or so, I saw the writing on the wall.” “I was kind of resigned to it,” Khan said.
