SXSW FILM REVIEW: Bordertown golf story THE LONG GAME is filled with humanity and a dash of CheechMarin.
Sports dramas can be hit or miss. When you portray real-life humans striving to overcome racially-motivated obstacles, the stakes are even higher.successfully balances emotion, humor, and performance to tell the true story of a mentor, a coach, and five high-school boys in the segregated golf world of 1950s Del Rio, TX.
New to town, JB Pena has aspirations of adding “Country Club member” to his prestigious new school district superintendent role. After his first encounter with the good ol’ boys club, by way of their golf club representative , Pena realizes membership may be a pipedream in the small bordertown. A microcosm of the golf world then, since, and to some degree now, Del Rio’s golf community in 1956 is an all-white wealthapalooza and melanin-rich outsiders are considered no bueno. Dennis Quaid plays retired golf pro Frank Mitchell, Pena’s WWII war buddy, who recommends membership and offers mentorship on how to navigate Del Rio’s murky waters.
It’s obvious that Austin-based writer and director Julio Quintana holds this story dear. Aside from co-writing a wonderful script, Quintana cast a behind the scenes trust circle to carry the story, and the film, around the turn. Hernandez and Quaid were both principal cast members in, which also starred Jimmy Gonzales who plays the father of squad leader Joe inIf the palpable camaraderie is the bones of the story, the poignant and realistic dialogue is the film’s heartbeat.
Had the boys played through to the state championship and lost, the story would be worth telling simply for the allyship of Coach Mitchell, the vision of Coach Pena, and players’ incredible tenacity against severe racial bias in a time and place where embarrassing an all-white Richie Rich could quite literally cost a Mexican American his life. You can, then, imagine what an extra sweet triumph it would be to earn the title.
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