30 for 30 Shorts: The High Five (2014)
Fun documentary taking a look at how the High Five came to be. Legend has it that Los Angeles Dodgers player Glenn Burke is the first one to do this when teammate Dusty Baker hit his 30th home run of the year. The documentary starts off talking about the High Five but then it focuses in on Burke who was pretty much kicked off the team because the owners found out he was gay. The documentary features interviews with people like Baker as well as reporters as they discuss the importance of the High Five and how the man who pretty much started it ended up dying without even being able to raise his arms. This is another very good entry in the series because it tells a fairly simple story of the High Five but then it tells an even bigger story behind it. I had never known about this story so it was certainly interesting and the filmmakers do a very good job at telling the story in just about ten-minutes.
Episode: A-
Fun documentary taking a look at how the High Five came to be. Legend has it that Los Angeles Dodgers player Glenn Burke is the first one to do this when teammate Dusty Baker hit his 30th home run of the year. The documentary starts off talking about the High Five but then it focuses in on Burke who was pretty much kicked off the team because the owners found out he was gay. The documentary features interviews with people like Baker as well as reporters as they discuss the importance of the High Five and how the man who pretty much started it ended up dying without even being able to raise his arms. This is another very good entry in the series because it tells a fairly simple story of the High Five but then it tells an even bigger story behind it. I had never known about this story so it was certainly interesting and the filmmakers do a very good job at telling the story in just about ten-minutes.
Episode: A-
