ON THE MAP

NYC PREMIERE On the Map recounts how Tel Aviv’s underdog Maccabi basketball team toppled the Soviet Red Army team in 1977. The “miracle on hardwood”  put Israel on the map in international sports. Filmmaker Dani Menkin (39 Pounds of Love) gains vivid interviews with the team’s players and NBA luminaries Bill Walton and David Stern. The film delivers on athletic excitement against the backdrop of Cold War politics.