Rob Perri's 2009 documentary I'm Keith Hernandez came closer to revealing the truth about the hidden connections between neo-liberal politics, the international drug trade, and the 1986 World Series than perhaps the filmmakers intended. An intertwined story of 
baseball, cocaine, porno movies, rock and roll, Ronald Reagan, and the Iran Contra Scandal, it also posed as a "vehicle to discuss how male identity is shaped by TV/film, sports, advertising, and pornography," mostly through a discussion of Hernandez's trademark moustache. The filmmakers are no doubt responsible for the proliferation of "I'm Keith Hernandez" graffiti and posters around Brooklyn (and elsewhere) since the beginning of the new year. You can watch the 20-minute film free on the website below, as the movie was a strictly not for profit venture by the artist. Watch in conjunction with Cocaine Cowboys, the gritty, fantastic, surreal, (and more serious) documentary about the connections between Miami's deadly 1970-80s Colombian drug trade and the local (and national) real estate and banking industries, directed by Billy Corben in 2006. I'm Keith Hernandez, for its part, was easily the best baseball film since 1989's Major League starring Wesley Snipes, Tom Berenger, and Corbin Bernsen. Well done.
baseball, cocaine, porno movies, rock and roll, Ronald Reagan, and the Iran Contra Scandal, it also posed as a "vehicle to discuss how male identity is shaped by TV/film, sports, advertising, and pornography," mostly through a discussion of Hernandez's trademark moustache. The filmmakers are no doubt responsible for the proliferation of "I'm Keith Hernandez" graffiti and posters around Brooklyn (and elsewhere) since the beginning of the new year. You can watch the 20-minute film free on the website below, as the movie was a strictly not for profit venture by the artist. Watch in conjunction with Cocaine Cowboys, the gritty, fantastic, surreal, (and more serious) documentary about the connections between Miami's deadly 1970-80s Colombian drug trade and the local (and national) real estate and banking industries, directed by Billy Corben in 2006. I'm Keith Hernandez, for its part, was easily the best baseball film since 1989's Major League starring Wesley Snipes, Tom Berenger, and Corbin Bernsen. Well done.
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