SYNOPSIS

A group of baseball players achieved what no other Mexican team had at the US Junior League. Despite the strong adversity, harsh weather and socio-economic differences, the young 1957 champions from Nuevo León crossed the border and conquered the White House.

BIOGRAPHY

Hugo Butler worked as a journalist and playwright in United States, where he wrote scripts such as Edison, The Man, nominated for an Oscar. Butler and his wife, Jean Rouverol, were active members of the Communist Party. After being blacklisted by the Committee for Anti-American Activity in 1947, they fled to Mexico. There, Butler continued writing, using a pseudonym, for Luis Buñuel and Robert Aldrich, and directed Little Giants in 1960 under the name Hugo Mozo.

George Pepper (December 1, 1913 – December 14, 1969), aka George P. Werker, was also on the black list and adopted an alias. He too fled to Mexico with his wife Jeanette, where Butler introduced him to the Spanish director Luis Buñuel, with whom he collaborated in the films Robinson Crusoe and La Joven.

*Produced by George Pepper (aka George P. Werker).